Health Services

The HHS is investing $27 million to improve mental health care for children, according to a press release.

HHS announced it awarded $40.22 million in youth mental health grants during August, as well as the opportunity for $47.6 million in grant funding for school-based mental health services.

NEW ORLEANS — Sixty percent of working adults reported knowing how to access mental health services through their employer in 2022, down from 71% in 2021, the 2022 Healthy Minds poll from the APA showed.

SAN FRANCISCO — Longer drive times to health services impact COPD care access for U.S. veterans, researchers reported at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

A new study on Choosing Wisely showed the campaign’s recommendations had strengths and opportunities for improvement, one of the study’s authors said.

Health care spending on CVD increased to $320 billion in 2016, with treatment for hypertension, hyperlipidemia and atrial fibrillation/flutter being the primary drivers, according to data published in Circulation.

American Academy of Family Physicians president John Cullen, MD, warned that Congress’ failure to approve comprehensive funding legislation by Nov. 21 — which provides 70% of the funding to community health centers and reauthorizes the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education program — could have dire consequences.

Researchers reported that more young people in Finland born between 1994-2000 received a depression diagnosis in specialized services than the cohort born between 1987-1993, according to data published in Nordic Journal of Psychiatry.