NRI, Behavioral Health Analytics

03/27/2026

Children and teenagers who have been exposed to trauma are very likely to experience clinically significant symptoms of depression in the aftermath of the trauma, with many of them continuing to experience symptoms a year later, according to a report in the Journal of Affective Disorders

Children and teenagers who have been exposed to trauma are very likely to experience clinically significant symptoms of depression in the aftermath of the trauma, with many of them continuing to experience symptoms a year later.

03/27/2026

Research on immigrant mental health consistently identifies acculturative stress as a major psychological burden.

South Asian immigrants often rebuild careers and identities in the U.S., facing stress, isolation, and hidden mental health challenges.

03/26/2026

The health care industry is rapidly embracing AI scribes for clinical documentation, but a lot is still unknown about the risks and benefits they pose for psychiatrists and their patients.

PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.

03/26/2026

This study examines how working-age adults’ mental health was associated with states’ policy contexts over 30 years.

Mental health among US working-age adults notably worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, following a steady decades-long decline. The impact of states’ COVID-19 policies on mental health has received much attention; however, less is known about the impact of a broader set of long-standing and over...

03/25/2026

Programs that send mental health clinicians instead of police to crisis calls are expanding nationwide, but inconsistent funding and limited Medicaid reimbursement threaten their long-term stability.

Programs that send mental health clinicians instead of police to crisis calls are expanding nationwide, but inconsistent funding and limited Medicaid reimbursement threaten their long-term stability

03/25/2026

Su***de is a major public health concern in the U.S., and accurate data on suicidal behaviors and risk factors is essential for guiding effective prevention policies, programs, and resource allocation.

As the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S., su***de poses a serious public health issue. High-quality data on suicidal behaviors—along with associated factors that either increase or decrease risk—is critical to understanding who is affected and where prevention resources can have the greate...

03/24/2026

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Financing Reform and Innovation (CFRI) is hosting a webinar on March 25 its new report about publicly available databases and tools related to individuals dually enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare.

03/24/2026

State governments that establish su***de prevention infrastructure foster the advancement of sustainable, evidence-based practices within their states’ hospitals and health systems.

State governments that establish su***de prevention infrastructure foster the advancement of sustainable, evidence-based practices within their states’ hospitals and health systems. Recent examples of effective infrastructure include the authorization of comprehensive prevention policies and progr...

03/24/2026

This report reviews the status of Behavioral Health Crisis Service and Bed Registries being implemented by states. The types of beds and crisis services included in Registries are depicted.

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03/17/2026

This study found that machine learning identified a subgroup with statistically detectable but clinically trivial differential intervention response. Findings highlight the substantial challenges in achieving clinically useful personalization in universal school-based prevention programs

This secondary analysis of a cluster trial uses school-level nested cross-validation to train and evaluate machine learning models for predicting individualized benefit from school-based mindfulness training.

03/17/2026

People experiencing unsheltered homelessness face high rates of psychiatric illness and substantial barriers to care. Field-based psychiatric services built on direct outreach (known as street psychiatry) may improve care and facilitate housing while possibly reducing total health care spending, but inadequate funding limits implementation

This Special Communication describes the need for direct outreach-based psychiatric care among people experiencing homelessness and the funding models that may increase its financial sustainability.

03/16/2026

In this randomized clinical trial, participants receiving iCT-R were approximately 5 times less likely to develop PTSD or MDD at 1-year follow-up compared with psychoeducation and 4 times less likely when compared with standard practice. These findings suggest that iCT-R appears to decrease the likelihood of developing PTSD and MDD in early career paramedics.

This randomized clinical trial evaluates the efficacy of a cognitive resilience training program for reducing the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) compared with psychoeducation and standard practice among early career paramedics in England.