mental health

From 2020 to 2025, Eskenazi Health police arrested people every 2 to 3 days — including those with mental illness.

The clinician-led response team, which began in 2023, sends mental health professionals instead of police officers to respond to both mental health and substance abuse issues throughout Marion County.

The top five concerns identified through the health assessment are mental health and wellbeing, access to health care, housing, trauma and injury prevention, and infant mortality.

Local governments across the U.S. have increasingly turned to sweeps and arrests as the number of people living on the nation’s streets exploded by nearly 60% between 2015 and 2024. But growing evidence shows that forcing people to move can harm their health.

The Women’s Fund of Central Indiana is highlighting data from the Polis Center showing increasing rates of mental distress among women in the region. Data finds roughly one-third of women in central Indiana reported having depression - more than double the rate of men.

Indiana is putting $5 million towards the expansion of mobile crisis response units in five counties.

A leading addiction expert explains how he's driven by the memory of a friend who died, and why he believes giving data on the drug supply to people on the street is more important than using it to inform national drug policy.

Indiana is in the process of transitioning to a new model to deliver behavioral health and crisis services. But the top Family and Social Services Administration official says the agency is concerned about having the necessary funding.

U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) said access to mental health services is vital for K-12 students' well-being and academic success. And he's backing legislation that tries to drive more people into school mental health care jobs.

Experts say the moderate gains in maternal mental health could be impacted by proposed cuts to Medicaid at the federal level.