mental health

About 40% of patients in Texas state hospitals have been admitted for more than a year, according to state data shared Wednesday. Long stays can mean people have to wait longer for mental and behavioral health services.

Budget director and administration secretary Adam Proffitt presented the spending blueprint virtually at the joint meeting of the Senate and House budget committees.

Millions of dollars in federal funding for the suicide prevention hotline is set to expire next year.

These state hospitals can't find full-time staff. Contract nurses are needed to serve patients, but expenses keep going up.

Mental health experts expect the July 4 floods have resulted in post-traumatic stress disorder, unhealthy hypervigilance and recurring thoughts on disasters among campers.

A variety of factors have caused some folks to take their own lives.

An executive order from President Donald Trump is starting a conversation about expanding the role civil commitment plays at the intersection of mental health and homelessness.

Mental health service providers are continuing to sound the alarm about budget cuts and their impact on services across Oklahoma.

Months after a deal to end a class-action lawsuit over treatment for people with severe mental illness, the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health still can't provide an accurate count of how many people are waiting in jail for treatment and for how long, consultants found.

A new report reflects how Kansas is falling short of some its commitments to improve the state's foster system.