Michigan joined the nationwide 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline initiative in 2022. In the last year, over 88,000 calls have been answered.
Mental health in Michigan
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Michigan must prioritize mental health care, eliminate systemic barriers
We can apply the same approach that helped Michigan through the pandemic: Prioritizing access to care and resources, investing in making high-quality care attainable for all residents, and building awareness about the support that’s available.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Antidepressant use spikes among girls, young women after pandemic
Since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, antidepressant dispensing has increased by 64% among adolescents, thanks to an increase in anxiety and depression diagnoses.
Posted inTalent & Education
Northville board approves seeking funding for 2 in-school health clinics
The board voted 6-1 to seek funding. Some parents objected to the clinics because in addition to mental-health support they would offer a range of physical health services for which students may not need parental consent.
Posted inTalent & Education
Some Michigan parents question whether schools should have health clinics
At a board hearing in Northville, some parents objected to putting health clinics in schools, echoing concerns in other districts based in part on parental rights. Clinic supporters say the centers are critical to student health.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Detroit agency launches mobile mental health unit. Can it slow a revolving door?
Too many people in a mental health crisis end up in a hospital ER, where they rarely get the one-on-one or follow-up care they need. New mobile vans are designed to bring better care to people in distress before they spiral further.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Michigan has just half the child psychiatrists it needs amid health crisis
Child psychiatrists oversee the care and medication of some of the most complex mental health cases. And yet Michigan has only about half the specialists it needs amid a surge in anxiety and depression among young people.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Families fuel Michigan bills for parity in mental health insurance coverage
Despite a 2008 federal law that requires insurers to cover mental health and substance abuse treatment like other illnesses, families say insurers continue to deny such coverage, making new state laws essential.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
In Michigan mental health crisis, a tug-of-war over too few social workers
Michigan schools, mental health agencies and hospitals fight over too few social workers. Could relaxed licensing, better pay help?
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
After battle, retreat for young people mulling suicide OK’d near Ann Arbor
After months of opposition from some neighbors, the parents of a young man who died by suicide won approval for a residential center on 75 wooded acres for struggling young adults. They say nature, and peer support, will help in the healing.