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Bridging the Gap: Applications Now Open for the 2025-2026 SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program

Minority Nurse

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP ) at the American Nurses Association is excited to announce that applications for its 2025-2026 Class of Fellows are now open! The statistics are even more concerning for specific communities.

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Labor unveils next step in healthcare overhaul

Nursing Review

The clinics are slated to open by July 1, 2026 and once delivered will ensure four out of five Australians live within a 20-minute drive from a clinic, according to Department of Health and Aged Care analysis. NSW will gain 14 new clinics, while Victoria and Queensland will get 12 and 10 respectively.

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Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: Comprehensive Final Rule Expected in 2024

Healthcare Law Insights blog

In the United States, mental health (“MH”) and substance use disorder (“SUD”) (collectively “MH/SUD”) have continued to represent areas of intense concern. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the MH struggles of essential workers and health care professionals were pushed to the forefront. 1] Substance Abuse Mental Health Servs.

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NSW lowest budget for mental health in Australia

Nursing Review

NSW has been criticised for the lack of mental-health funding in the new state budget, which was released mid-September. It is the only state in which mental-health funding has decreased per capita over the last 10 years. million investment into 20 Women’s Health Centres in NSW providing mental-health services for women.

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Promoting Mental Health Awareness: OTD Students Create Education Course for Pate Rehabilitation

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) Dallas campus—Carrington Brown, Kennedy Brumbelow, Kendall Keeton, Samantha Paniccia and Bailey Williams—designed an educational course on mental health. Raising awareness about mental health among individuals with TBIs can have a profound influence on their overall well-being and recovery.

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Health Minister announces govt. review of trans healthcare, puberty blockers

Nursing Review

Mr Butler added that interim advice on the use of puberty blockers would be completed in the middle of 2026. The NHMRC will develop the guidelines with an expert committee that includes lived experience and will be informed by public consultation, and international work.

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Self-care within hospice and palliative care nursing

American Nurse

In addition, the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association’s 2023–2026 research agenda made the well-being and self-care of palliative care and hospice clinicians a research priority. It has fundamentally changed the climate of nursing and presented additional stressors.