WASHINGTON - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has bestowed more than $69 million in funding for programs addressing serious mental illness and suicide prevention. The ...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced March 6 that it will award $69.1 million in grants for mental health and suicide prevention programs.

We recently worked on a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report that lays out a clear blueprint for a national prevention infrastructure for mental and behavioral ...

Lev Facher covers the U.S. addiction and overdose crisis. The White House on Thursday unveiled a new effort to streamline the country’s response to its drug and alcohol epidemic, pledging to align ...

President Donald Trump has long been adamant about fixing what he described as America's "opioid crisis," something which was a key focus of his first term as president as well as his second. The ...

SAMHSA, a key federal agency for addiction and mental health, is facing deep staff cuts Experts worry this could weaken ...

The Trump administration says it wants to tackle the "addiction epidemic." But it's eliminating addiction treatment resources and access to mental healthcare.

A new report shows drug overdose deaths are declining in the United States, but some fear that progress could be in jeopardy as President Donald Trump proposes spending cuts to the federal agency ...

Members of Congress have expressed deep concern over reckless federal staff reductions in mental health and addiction prevention despite a crisis throughout the nation. Fifty seven members of Congress ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado’s health agencies will lose more than $230 million in federal grants, some of which already had been committed to programs that include crisis ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced $100 million in new grants for homelessness and opioid abuse recovery programs as part of a nationwide effort to combat the ...