behavioral health

There aren’t enough behavioral health providers in Ohio to keep up with rising demand. So people are increasingly leaning on another source of support: peers.

The number of psychologists who reported receiving more referrals this year almost doubled from last year and nearly 7 in 10 psychologists reported that their waiting lists have grown longer since the start of the pandemic. We consider the shortages, the demand and possible solutions.

A rising number of patients and a shortage of staff in Ohio’s behavioral health system during the pandemic is leading to longer wait times for care.

Federal law mandates insurers treat mental health services like they would physical health care. But the sponsors of a new bill in the Ohio Legislature...

Ohio's annual conference of behavioral health workers comes at an interesting time in the field. Though still burdened by the opioid epidemic, counties…

A new study from The Ohio State University shows firearm suicides decreased slightly in states where the mental health workforce grew.Researchers compared…

Ohio University received a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help increase health providers in areas hit hardest by the…

SUN Behavioral Health opens an in-patient adolescent facility in North Columbus on Monday.Central Ohio kids who could be a danger to themselves or others…

Pauly Belletti is an outgoing, energetic first grader in Parma.“School is awesome,” he says.Why does the eight-year-old think school is so great?“It's…

The state is redesigning the way mental health and addiction services are covered under health care plans. Those services are critical in fighting the…