Recognize signs for preventable public health crisis
Arizona ranks in the top half of states for adults reporting symptoms of anxiety and depression. The number of suicides in the state increased in 2021, after leveling off the two previous years. It is an upward trend that moves us backward.
Youth access to mental health care improved under Jake’s Law, but persistent barriers hamper its reach
In March 2020, Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law a sweeping set of measures designed to help curb rising rates of suicide and expand access to mental health treatment for Arizona residents with and without insurance.
Partisan split hinges on Brophy McGee/Marsh race
Sen. Kate Brophy McGee, R-Phoenix, has spent most of her decade in public office dodging political projectiles.
Ducey signs bill aimed to prevent teen suicide
Insurance companies in Arizona will soon have to cover mental health care the same way they cover other medical care.