Mental health

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Connecticut mental health providers want state lawmakers to hold insurers accountable for complying with the state’s 2019 Mental Health Parity Act.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is funding a psychedelic-assisted study for veterans with PTSD and alcohol use disorder with researchers from Yale and Brown Universities.

Yale School of Medicine psychiatrist Dr. Paul Desan said darker days can lead to Seasonal Affective Disorder, which is caused by a lack of sunlight and coincides with the colder seasons.

Veterans are six times more likely to die by suicide than in combat, and twenty veterans take their own lives every day. Connecticut lawmakers cited those statistics as a reason for a $462,000 federal grant to a nonprofit that supports veterans.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has sued TikTok in the state Supreme Court, alleging the social media giant is dangerous for kids’ mental and physical health.

Data shows teen and child suicide rates have increased in Connecticut. The Department of Children and Families will implement a pilot prevention program in five schools.

New Haven’s mental health crisis response team, Elm City COMPASS, is expanding. The team will have more staff, longer hours and will be deployed without police officers and firefighters.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is calling on social media companies to protect students’ mental health and stop the disconnect between students and teachers in the classroom.

For people experiencing mental health crises in Connecticut, the emergency room is often the only option for stabilization. But a transformed 3-story home in the Edgewood district of New Haven called the REST Center aims to change that.