People on Medicare who want to see a therapist often wait up to six months for an appointment, but relief is on the way. Starting Jan. 1, licensed marriage and family therapists will be able to accept Medicare insurance. .
Looking for love is tough when you re a single parent. Newsweek asked two moms and three family therapy experts how to do it and when to tell the children.
The future depends on parents. Starting January 2024 the National Parent Helpline will operate 24/7 thanks in part to a $10 million grant awarded to Parents Anonymous.
Community groups in Massachusetts are calling for an end to armed police response to mental health-related 911 calls. The majority of calls are for nonviolent emergencies, yet the response of armed police can often make a behavioral or mental health-related crisis worse, particularly in marginalized communities. Corinne Espinoza, co-director of the Cambridge Holistic Emergency Alternative Response Team, said civilian first responders are better trained to deescalate what is often someone having a bad day. .