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A Workforce Under Pressure: Preparing the Behavioral Health Workforce for Today and Tomorrow

The behavioral health field is facing a critical workforce shortage, one that affects both the present and the future. Currently, more than 122 million Americans live in Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas. By 2037, the Health Resources and Services Administration projects shortages of…

Youth Recovery: Why Early Intervention Can Change Everything

This Recovery Month, I celebrate my journey. I celebrate the millions of other Americans in recovery today. I also commit to helping young people find their footing on a healthier path, before substance use becomes disorder.

Recovery Month: SAMHSA Provides Clarity Around Overdose Prevention

Recovery remains misunderstood – what it really means, what sustains recovery and what communities need (and need to do) to support people in recovery. What better time than now to have that conversation, as we observe Recovery Month throughout September. This is our opportunity to recognize the more than 20…

Recovery Needs Everything

This September, National Recovery Month invites us to notice how recovery becomes real when the places where we live, we work and we gather unite in purpose to create a unified network. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration’s (SAMHSA) theme for the month, “Recovery is REAL (Restoring Every…

The Power of Grassroots Advocacy

Change starts with a conversation. And voices from a community shape that conversation and drive it forward, bringing personal experiences and truth to the table. This is a notion Zoe Frantz, a mental wellbeing advocate whose work is grounded in lived experience, knows well. She is…

Turn World Mental Health Day Into Year-round Action

On World Mental Health Day, Oct. 10, 2025, people around the world will raise awareness and take action for mental wellbeing.

A New School Year, But the Same Challenges

Students of all ages are returning to school, so we need to ensure they have what they need to thrive.Young people are doing better, according to the results from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the federal government’s annual look at mental health…

Youth Voices on Social Media and Mental Health: Insights From AAP Youth Advisory Panel

Social media has become an integral part of how young people connect, learn and express themselves. Yet conversations about youth and social media often lack the voices of young people themselves. To remedy this, we spoke with three youth ambassadors from the American Academy of Pediatrics…

Act With Hope: 8 Takeaways to Empower Peer Support

During the Act With Hope webinar series, peer support professionals discussed concrete strategies to strengthen the role of peer support in recovery, grief processing, clinical integration and remote work. Across this insightful four-part series, we heard these expert voices share their wisdom firsthand. Peer support professionals bring lived experience, empathy…

From Training to Transformation: MHFA in Action

Since its founding 25 years ago, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) has grown from a single training course into a global movement advancing mental wellbeing. To commemorate the program’s 25th anniversary, we sat down with MHFA International’s co-founder, Professor Tony Jorm, and…