Depressed? Anxious? If you seek treatment, your private health insurance might not cover your treatment in the same way it pays for other illnesses, depending on what state you live in. But for most people getting mental health services, Medicaid, the fastest growing component of a state budget, is picking up the tab. more

Illustrating the strain of health care costs on state budgets, the nation's governors on Friday (8/1) unanimously called for the federal government to assume responsibility for the more than 6 million poor, elderly Americans 'dually eligible' for both Medicaid, the state-federal health care program for the poor and disabled, and Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly. more

Six of the eight children involved in the worst school massacres in US history, including Paducah, Jonesboro and Columbine, had mental illnesses that could have been treated had they been detected, according to a National Research Council report. more