ALBANY — The state has begun a $1 billion effort to confront a mental health crisis exacerbated by the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic in what experts say is the biggest transformation in... Read more »
San Francisco’s potentially painful budget cuts this year won’t hit one of the city’s top priorities: services to help people struggling with mental illness and drug addiction who are at risk of a... Read more »
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, long a proponent of mental health awareness, has issued a warning that social media use is a main contributor to depression, anxiety and other problems in the nation’s... Read more »
These days when we hear “pandemic,” we usually think of COVID 19, but there has been a largely unattended to pandemic simmering in the United States for decades — our mental health... Read more »
A South Carolina man is suing a sheriff’s office and a county after deputies shot him nine times while he was having a mental health crisis in a parked vehicle with a... Read more »
NEW YORK, May 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Crisis Text Line, a national nonprofit organization that provides free, 24/7, confidential mental health support, today announced the release of its 4th annual United... Read more »
Officers who completed CIT training are, from left, Jonathan Potts of Lisbon Police Department, Alan Shaffer of Lisbon Police Department, Trevor O’Rourke of Lisbon Police Department, William Hewitt of Lisbon Police Department,... Read more »
Following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) decision to lift the official cash rate by 25 bps to 3.85 per cent at its latest monetary policy board meeting, which Mr Oliver... Read more »
Colleen Hendon, executive director of Mental Health America of Licking County Since 1949, Mental Health Month has been observed in May to increase awareness of mental health and wellness. During this year’s... Read more »
More than 1,000 people filled Washburn’s Lee Arena, 1901 S.W. Mulvane St., on Monday for Topeka JUMP’s annual Nehemiah Action Assembly. Topeka JUMP leaders in their annual Nehemiah action assembly on Monday... Read more »
CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of suicide and mental health concerns. If you have are experiencing thoughts of suicide or self harm, dial 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. View options for... Read more »
Diana Avdic, a trans woman living in Zagreb, said discrimination has been a common experience in daily life By Viktor Zahtila’s own count, he has been assaulted at least a dozen times... Read more »
From home visits to grocery donations to therapy sessions to animal encounters, this Ohio campus is grasping for every possible remedy April 28, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Lisa Mahorney, dean of... Read more »
Kevin Smith is no stranger to talking about Kevin Smith. But the Jersey director just presented a series of revelations about himself and his history of trauma as a result of recent... Read more »
One of the main ways a nationwide mental health crisis among children is manifesting itself in the B-R school district is more absences, a school official said. The stressors of returning to... Read more »
Lookers boss Mark Raban says the listed dealer group is mindful of the impact the cost-of-living crisis is having on car buyers – and his business. Raban said the dealer group –... Read more »
Benton County agreed Tuesday, April 18 to permanently fund eight new positions while searching for counselors who will serve as the fast-moving, in-person response team to mental health crises. The challenge will... Read more »