Mental Health

A recent study shows untreated mental illness costs the Dayton-area economy an estimated $30 billion a year. The director of counseling and wellness Services at Wright State University offers employers some solutions.

Boardman Township is opening a wellness center this month for first responders across three Ohio counties.

A hospital report said Bruce Foster III was competent to stand trial, but his lawyer asked for a second evaluation.

Of a thousand residents surveyed, more than half had at least one physical health concern in the months following the train disaster. Many reported mental health effects too.

Mental health professionals are in more demand than ever in Ohio, but there’s a shortage that’s leaving more than 2.4 million Ohioans with inadequate access to mental health care.

A bill to allow K-12 students in Ohio to take days off for mental health issues will soon be introduced for the third time.

The Trump administration has ended a specialized option for LGBTQ+ youth within the nation’s suicide crisis line. Ohio support orgs say the cut could be detrimental for the high-risk group.

Experts say the moderate gains in maternal mental health could be impacted by proposed cuts to Medicaid at the federal level.

A Side Effects Public Media investigation found that in 2024, people in Indiana jails waited just over two months on average to get the two court-ordered mental health evaluations done — down from more than seven months in 2018. That’s according to an analysis of the state’s judicial branch data on all requests for competency evaluations during that time period.

The facility will open in phases, with a second phase set for next year, and a third one scheduled for 2027.