The February issue of Health Affairs covers behavioral health, including mental health and substance use; the nursing home workforce; and health equity issues such as racial and ethnic disparities in ...

"It's really about connecting the dots. We said, 'Let's build a model that links the behavioral with the physical and SDOH, then put virtual and community interventions in place beyond traditional ...

The Department of Health and Human Services is announcing a funding opportunity of nearly $15 million for a three-year federal grant to establish a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ...

Many nursing home residents struggle with behavioral health conditions, which should prompt long-term care providers to enhance care by implementing strategies highlighted in a new brief, authors say.

Behavioral health has long been an afterthought of the healthcare system. It’s been carved out, reorganized and deprioritized over decades. Now, the U.S. finds itself in the midst of a behavioral ...

—Managing agitation in nursing home patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias could be improved by augmenting Minimum Data Set data with information from electronic medical records.

A staggering 129 million Americans have at least one major chronic disease—and 90% of our $4.1 trillion in annual health care spending goes toward treating these physical and mental-health conditions.