The Kitchen Problem No One Talks About in Behavioral Health: How Residential Treatment Programs Are Rethinking Food Service and What It Means for the People in Their Care

Someone enters residential treatment. They have made one of the hardest decisions of their life. They give up their phone, their schedule, their routine. For the next 28 to 90 days, almost every aspect of their day is structured for them. When they wake up. When they go to therapy. When they...

Elevated Use of Cannabis, Nicotine Among U.S. Adults Continues Into 2025

National Survey Finds Alcohol, Cigarette, Other Substance Use at Low Levels In 2025, adults in the United States reported using cannabis at or near record-high levels, continuing a long-term trend of increasing use. Nicotine vaping also remained high among young adults. These findings are based...

Governor Hochul Announces $21 Million to Expand Emergency Programs for Individuals Experiencing a Mental Health Crisis

Comprehensive psychiatric emergency programs provide 24/7 emergency services, extended observation, and crisis outreach. Funding to establish new programs at hospitals in New York City, the Hudson Valley, and northern New York regions; help improve four others. On August 10, 2026, Governor...

New York State Announces $660,000 Awarded to Strengthen Suicide Prevention Efforts in Five Rural Counties

Funding Will Support the Establishment of Sustainable Prevention Activities in Schools, Clinical Settings, and in the Community Office of Mental Health's Suicide Prevention Center of New York to Assist in Implementing Local Initiatives Statewide The New York State Office of Mental Health...

How Cities Can Follow Oklahoma City’s Example to Address Residents’ Mental Health Needs Through Coordinated Emergency Response

Over the past three years, Oklahoma City has reimagined its emergency response system to better meet residents' behavioral health needs. The results are already impressive: the city's new alternative response teams have kept thousands of people out of the emergency room and drastically reduced...

New York State Announces Statewide Enhancements to Improve Assisted Outpatient Treatment

Critical Investments from the FY 2026 Budget Standardize 'Enhanced Voluntary Agreements' with Recipients; Improving State Oversight State Also Completes Massive Data Modernization Enhancing Local Coordination and Improving Outcome Monitoring The New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH)...

New York State Announces Efforts to Bolster Maternal Mental Wellbeing

More than $18.4 Million Available to Expand HealthySteps, an Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative that Screened 108,000 New Yorkers for Maternal Depression in 2025 Office of Mental Health Awards $350,000 in 'Collaborative Care' Grants to Help OBGYN and Family Medicine Practices Provide...

New York Behavioral Health Advocates Rally at Capitol, Win Support of 100+ Legislators for Critical Funding Increase

The Mental Health Association in New York State and leading statewide behavioral health and human services organizations have been rallying with legislators at the State Capitol in support of the final budget for FY 2026-27 including a 4% targeted inflationary increase (formerly known as the cost...

Governor Hochul Announces Launch of New 10-Year Statewide Effort to Assess Gambling Addiction and Behaviors in New York State

Decade-long Gambling, Health and Recreational Behaviors Study Includes Surveys and Interviews of New Yorkers Across the State Survey Effort Is One of Governor’s State of the State Initiatives and Will Inform Future Support and Services   On April 29, 2026, Governor Kathy Hochul...

NIH Researchers Discover Pain-Relieving Drug with Minimal Addictive Properties

Positive safety profile of novel drug compound is surprise for class of synthetic opioids shelved years ago. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a novel, highly potent opioid that shows potential as a therapy for both pain and opioid use disorder. In a study...