Gov. JB Pritzker signs controversial law mandating mental health screenings in Illinois schools for grades three through 12, ...

Critics of a new law that will make Illinois the first state in the country to conduct annual mental health screenings of school children say the plan will do more harm than good.

For students in Illinois, mental health screenings will soon be required alongside annual vision and hearing exams. Illinois ...

Illinois the first state in the nation to require public schools to offer mental health screenings in 3rd through 12th grades ...

Illinois students are used to taking physicals and vision tests for school, but now they can add one more exam to the list.

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) is calling for a clinical and financial audit of the U.S. mental ...

Illinois wants to give mental health screenings to elementary schoolers. Will that actually help struggling kids?

The bill, SB1560, requires all school districts to provide screening in grades 3 through 12 at least once a year.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a bill which requires Illinois’ public school districts to provide universal mental health ...

A new Illinois law is scheduled to implement annual mental health screenings in public schools beginning during the 2027-28 ...

After discovering that young people may need mental health screenings as much as physical ones while conducting a short mental health assessment at a school, last year, pediatrician and Ajuda co ...