BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana ranks as the second-worst state in 2025 for mental health. Soliant Health researchers ranked all 50 U.S. states in a study. It examined their ...

Like many states, Louisiana once had a network of state-run mental health hospitals serving patients ... it's a violation of people's rights,” Levine described the philosophy behind his approach.

Louisiana’s six major candidates for governor agree that mental health services and preventative health care need to be priorities for whoever takes the office next year. The lion’s share of Louisiana ...

Proposal to include partial hospitalization services is moving forward, but only after lawmakers removed a key component to ...

NEW ORLEANS — We heard about mental health ... Louisiana, it's estimated to be in the billions. “What is happening? Well, we know we've got a substance use problem. We know that in our state ...

The clock is ticking in order to comply with a federal settlement and relieve overcrowding at the Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System in Jackson. Originally, the state planned to move 118 ...

But unlike crime and taxes, mental health has yet to receive a focused special session of the Louisiana Legislature with the goal of improving the state’s economy, safety and health. It is long ...

Louisiana is not at the bottom of the list and has seen some improvement. The state pulled into ninth place seeing an almost 44% increase in improvement in mental health issues. The same study ...

Around 70 mental health professionals and educators in Louisiana have signed a letter urging state lawmakers to vote against a proposed constitutional amendment that could send more young ...

Louisiana has moved the location of Central Louisiana State Hospital to a new site in Pineville. (Photo by Julie O'Donoghue/Illuminator) Louisiana has moved more than 100 mental health patients to ...