Heat health action plans often fail to address the specific needs of individuals with mental illness, despite the increased risks they face. While air conditioning offers temporary relief, ...

Since the month of May was established as Mental Health Awareness Month in 1949, advocates across the country have led its observance and spread the word that few issues impact individuals, ...

As climate change fuels more frequent and severe heat waves, governments worldwide have adopted Heat-Health Action Plans (HHAPs) to prevent illness and death from heat stroke, heart attacks, and other ...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and a fitting time to reflect on our opportunities to improve mental health care on the Western Slope. Colorado ranks 45th among all states for adult mental health ...

King County's new “post-crisis follow-up teams” are part of a broader plan to expand its mental health system and make it easier for people to get care.

More than 1 billion people are living with mental health disorders, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO), with conditions such as anxiety and depression inflicting ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Mental illness touches a quarter of U.S. society directly, yet it is a subject most don’t talk about openly. On April 5, residents of the Western Slope will join four other regions ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece is paired with an op/ed on the writer’s personal mental health journey as a former student-athlete. That piece can be read here. There’s nothing like feeling the rush of ...

In 2013, 194 countries adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020. This plan acknowledged the growing burden of mental health issues and ...