In 2021, more than half of teen girls felt persistently sad or hopeless. A new report by the CDC makes it clear that boys also face increasing mental health...
6 min read | Community Health, Behavioral Health, Industry Perspectives, Thought Leadership
Lack of mental health care providers is one piece of the puzzle when it comes to access. But at Blue Cross NC, we're guided by an expansive understanding of...
Industry Perspectives, Behavioral Health, Transforming Healthcare
Providing youth with access to mental health services is critical at this historical moment, when more than 4 in 10 teens report feeling “persistently sad or hopeless.” Working more...
Industry Perspectives, Behavioral Health, Thought Leadership
Here in North Carolina, 69 of our 100 counties have no child psychiatrists; 27 have no psychiatrist at all. Failure to address this challenge now will have long-term consequences....
Throughout the pandemic, substance use has risen sharply, and record numbers of opioid deaths have left even more families destabilized and more children vulnerable...
Industry Perspectives, Behavioral Health, Thought Leadership
In health care, we often talk about postpartum depression. But few people realize that adoptive parents can also experience “the baby blues,” or post-placement depression. See how Blue Cross...
Industry Perspectives, Behavioral Health, Thought Leadership
This Pride Month, social worker Hayden Dawes talks LGTBQ+ mental health, stigma, and what it means to be a compassion warrior...
At Blue Cross NC, our behavioral health team is committed to the vision that behavioral health services should be accessible, high-quality, and stigma-free. Here's how we plan to get...
Industry Perspectives, Behavioral Health, Transforming Healthcare
Blue Cross NC is in its second year of a long-term strategy to improve behavioral health access, quality and efficiency by focusing on whole-person care...
5 min read | Industry Perspectives, Behavioral Health
The COVID-19 crisis is teaching us a lot about our health care system, and we will emerge from this crisis wiser for the experience. Blue Cross NC's COO explains...
5 min read | Industry Perspectives, Behavioral Health, Drivers of Health, Thought Leadership, Transforming Healthcare
