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According to Mental Health America’s (MHA) 2025 State of Mental Health in America report, Alabama places #50 out of 51 for youth mental health, measured across prevalence of mental illness and access to care among young people ages 12 to 17.
Alabama, Arizona, and Nevada scored the worst, with higher prevalence of mental illness and lower access to mental health care, according to the report. The measures that had the largest effect on Alabama’s overall ranking were mental health workforce availability, where the state ranked dead last at 51) and youth with private insurance that does not cover mental or emotional problems where Alabama also ranked in last place.
