HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in Pennsylvania say they are angry that millions of dollars to expand adult mental health services got cut out of the budget, and are pushing to get ...

Digital Brief: July 27, 2023 (PM) 01:27 Democratic lawmakers in Pennsylvania say they are angry that millions of dollars to expand adult mental health services got cut out of the budget, and are ...

Pennsylvania PA Democrats' push for adult mental health funding fruitless as GOP drops it from budget plan Gov. Josh Shapiro has pledged to sign Republican-led Senate's version of the bill, which ...

The commission’s report last year noted mental health funding to counties, which are responsible for administering many mental health programs, was cut by 10% in 2012 and has not increased since ...

An estimated 591,000 Pennsylvania adults have a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia, major depression, or bipolar disorder) and 481,000 Pennsylvania adults have serious thoughts of ...

Since being added as a qualifying condition in 2019, the mental health disorder accounts for 60% of all license ...

Over the past decade, rates of mental illness, drug overdoses, and suicides have risen sharply across the United States, signaling a growing crisis in behavioral health. According to the Centers ...

In 2023, 34.6% of adults enrolled in Medicaid experienced some form of mental illness, compared to 24.0% of uninsured adults and about 23.9% of those with private insurance, according to SAMHSA data.

There’s an effort to call attention to mental health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 1 in 5 US adults live with mental illness. And more than 1 in 5 teens have, or ...