Social media is often written off as bad for your mental health, however, there are some small places on the internet that can be helpful. Damian Smith, 33, of the United Kingdom is doing his part to fight the stigma of mental health by creating his own mental health mobile library.

Therapy dogs are a powerful aide used today to help those suffering from a range of conditions including people in emotional distress, those dealing with mental health issues, and even after mass shootings.

In an effort to improve health outcomes and lower costs, health insurer Cigna is launching a Collaborative Care Model pilot focused on integrating behavioral and medical care. The Cigna Better Connected Health program aims to discover and implement “mind and body” healthcare solutions by teaming primary care providers with behaviorists.

A group of physicians and tech leaders meet about once a month at a Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care event to brainstorm ideas on technology like new mobile apps and discuss tech start-ups that can make a positive impact on patient outcomes.

Diabetes has passed cancer as the most expensive disease for chronic illness at $15-18,000 a year.

Only 36% of autistic young adults attend any postsecondary education, just 37% received vocational services and/or job training after high school, and about 19% live independently away from parents without supervision, according to an Autism Speaks study.

A new therapy app, which costs one-third of typical in-person sessions and serves close to 1 million, is the latest telemedicine model that's trying to improve mental health by giving people a chance to chat for less than $50 a week with a licensed therapist, all on a smartphone.

There are now more women in medical school than men according to the Association of Medical Colleges. This is no doubt a positive development as we move head first into an era when attention to behaviors and mental health are going to be front and center. 

Twitter is the latest social media vehicle to address substance abuse, recently promoting the Addiction Resource Center, an online platform that helps connect people with substance use disorders to local resources. The site gets your attention. It confronts visitors with a question prompt, asking what concerns you—your own substance use or a loved ones.

It is estimated that one in 12 teenagers, mostly girls, self-harm, according to a study by the Center for Adolescent Health at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Australia. In an effort to help those suffering with mental health issues, a new app called ‘Calm Harm’ is targeting those with anxiety or depression. 

12 million people a year are trained in CPR, but only 1 million people have been trained by a mental health first aid program over the past ten years. “Our goal is essentially to take mental health first aid to the same level of importance as CPR,” said Suzi Craig, the Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships and Policy of Mental Health Connecticut, Suzi Craig.

Ryan Breshears, chief behavioral officer at Wellstar's Medical Group in Georgia, had a tough case to make: the hospital's behavioral costs were going up and its revenues were slightly down.

A new Center for Behavioral Health Sciences opened at Cleveland State University in an effort to address the opioid crisis and prevent the further spread of addiction ‘by bringing together expertise in social work, psychology, public health, education, and urban policy.’