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Back Issues

Below, you can browse our library of 95+ back issues of Behavioral Health News and its predecessor Mental Health News.

While each quarterly issue is focused on a particular theme, you will also find articles addressing other topics of vital interest to the behavioral health community.

In addition, please visit our topics page featuring over 1,500 categorized articles.

Behavioral Health News

( Jump down to view earlier issues of Mental Health News )

Spring 2024: “Chronic Pain and Its Impact on Behavioral Health”

Winter 2024: “The Role of Housing and Employment in the Recovery Process”

Fall 2023: “Substance Use Disorder Prevention, Treatment, Recovery, and Harm Reduction”

Summer 2023: “Serious Mental Illness: History and Challenges Ahead”

Spring 2023: “Stigma: How We Can Make a Difference”

Winter 2023: “The Impact of Behavioral Health on Families”

Fall 2022: “The Behavioral Health System: Challenges Past, Present, and Future”

Summer 2022: “Understanding the Impact of Stigma”

Spring 2022: “Understanding Treatment and Recovery Models of Care”

Winter 2022: “Volunteers and the Vital Role They Play”

Fall 2021: “Addressing the Workforce Crisis During the COVID-19 Pandemic”

Summer 2021: “Trauma-Informed Care and Policy”

Spring 2021: “Advances in Behavioral Health Technology”

Winter 2021: “Social Determinants of Behavioral Health”

Fall 2020: “The Suicide Crisis in America”

Summer 2020: “The Behavioral Health Community’s Response to COVID-19”

Spring 2020: “Housing: An Essential Element of Recovery”

Winter 2020: “Addressing the Nation’s Opioid Epidemic”

Fall 2019: “Examining Models of Integrated Care”

Summer 2019: “The Behavioral Health Workforce”

Spring 2019: “Caring for Older Adults”

Winter 2019: “Changes in Our Children’s System of Care”

Fall 2018: “System Transformation: Challenges and Opportunities”

Summer 2018: “Spotlight on Research”

Spring 2018: “Harm Reduction: Theory and Practice”

Winter 2018: “Understanding and Treating Co-Occurring Disorders”

Fall(2) 2017: “Addressing the Nation’s Opioid Epidemic”

Fall 2017: “The Vital Role of Housing in the Recovery Process”

Summer 2017: “Meeting the Needs of Our Vulnerable Populations”

Spring 2017: “System Reform: Progress Report”

Winter 2017: “Transforming Systems of Care for Children”

Fall 2016: “Behavioral Health and the LGBTQ Community”

Summer 2016: “The Challenges and Opportunities of System Reform”

Spring 2016: “Preparing the New Behavioral Health Workforce”

Winter 2016: “Wellness in the Workplace”

Fall 2015: “Exploring New Models of Integrated Care”

Summer 2015: “Understanding and Addressing The Opioid Epidemic”

Spring 2015: “Caring for Our Veterans and First Responders”

Winter 2015: “Mental Health and Substance Use Issues in Older Adults”

Fall 2014: “Integrating the Healthcare System: Combining Behavioral & Physical Health”

Summer 2014: “The Vital Role of Housing and Employment in the Recovery Process”

Spring 2014: “Perspectives on the Transition to Managed Care”

Winter 2014: “Substance Use and Mental Illness Prevention and Treatment Services”

Fall 2013: “Perspectives on Behavioral Health”

Mental Health News

Summer 2013: “Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders”

Spring 2013: “Moving Toward Person-Centered and Recovery-Oriented Services and Systems”

Winter 2013: “Understanding and Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder”

Fall 2012: “Understanding and Addressing Our Medical Needs”

Summer 2012: “Understanding and Coping With Suicide”

Spring 2012: “Understanding and Treating Depression”

Winter 2012: “Housing For People With Mental Illness And Substance Use Disorders”

Fall 2011: “Health Care Reform and Mental Health Parity And Their Impact on People and Service Providers”

Summer 2011: “Women’s Issues in Mental Health”

Spring 2011: “The Mental Health Needs of Older Adults”

Winter 2011: “The Impact of Race and Racism on Mental Health Clients, Practitioners, Organizations, and Delivery Systems”

Fall 2010: “Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents”

Summer 2010: “Addressing the Needs of Caregivers”

Spring 2010: “A Look into the World of Anxiety Disorders”

Winter 2010: “Schizophrenia: Current Research and Treatment”

Fall 2009: “The Economy’s Impact on People and Community Services”

Summer 2009: “Recovery and the Consumer Movement”

Spring 2009: “Providing Essential Care & Services Following Psychiatric Hospitalization”

Winter 2009: “Understanding and Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder”

Fall 2008: “The Interrelationship Between Physical and Mental Health”

Summer 2008: “Employment for People with Mental Illness”

Spring 2008: “Housing for People with Mental Illness”

Winter 2008: “Understanding and Finding Family Mental Health Services”

Fall 2007: “Understanding and Treating Bipolar Disorder”

Summer 2007: “Child and Adolescent Mental Health”

Spring 2007: “Who Will Serve: The Challenge of The Mental Health Workforce”

Winter 2007: “Managing Life Transitions”

Fall 2006: “The Psychological Dimensions of Physical Illness”

Summer 2006: “Understanding and Treating Autism Spectrum Disorders”

Spring 2006: “Managing Mental Health Crises”

Winter 2006: “The Many Faces of Anxiety Disorders”

Fall 2005: “Understanding and Treating Schizophrenia”

Summer 2005: “Mental Health and Older Adults”

Spring 2005: “Understanding and Treating Co-Occuring Disorders”

Winter 2005: “Women’s Issues in Mental Health”

Fall 2004: “Cultural Issues And Their Impact On Mental Health”

Summer 2004: “Sleep Disorders: Why Millions of Us Are Suffering”

Spring 2004: “Eating Disorders: Body and Mind in Conflict”

Winter 2004: “Understanding and Coping With Suicide”

Fall 2003: “Depression in Children and Adolescents”

Summer 2003: “Employment for People With Mental Illness”

Spring 2003: “Housing For People With Mental Illness”

Winter 2003: “MHN Salutes NAMI: The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill”

Fall 2002: “MHN Salutes The Mental Health Association Movement”

Summer 2002: “Anxiety and Depression: 35 Million Affected in US Annually”

Spring 2002: “Out of the Abyss of Anger”

Winter 2002: “A Nation on the Battlefront of Fear, Grief & Uncertainty”

Fall 2001: “Understanding and Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorders”