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Category Archives: Mental Health

Skowhegan police receive mental health training as part of commitment to ensure safety to community – Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel

Posted: Published on February 2nd, 2020

SKOWHEGAN The police department took another step forward in pursuing its goal of having 100% of its officers trained in responding to crises involving mental health. Continue reading

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Attorney for Antonio Brown says mental health test shows that wide receiver is ‘fine’ – USA TODAY

Posted: Published on February 2nd, 2020

What Im Hearing: We caught up with Antonio Brown outside the courthouse. USA TODAY MIAMI An attorney representing Antonio Brown said a court-ordered mental health evaluation has determined the embattled wide receiver is perfectly mentally fine. Lorne Berkeley, one of two lawyers representing Brown in a criminal case in Broward County, has not seen the results of the test but said he has spoken to people familiar with the evaluation and findings. Continue reading

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Bill aims to fund mental health courts in Nebraska – 1011now

Posted: Published on February 2nd, 2020

LINCOLN, Neb. - The most recent data available indicates that at least 61,000 people in Nebraska have a serious mental health issue. Continue reading

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He overcame homelessness and mental illness. But his legacy is defined by friends he left behind. – Winston-Salem Journal

Posted: Published on February 2nd, 2020

Very little information accompanied the notice about a memorial service for Patrick Neil Chilton. A photo recent and, judging by the seatbelt, most likely a selfie taken in a car depicted a bespectacled man nearing the upper end of middle age Continue reading

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NCSS and local high schools to participate in National Teen Mental Health first aid pilot – St. Albans Messenger

Posted: Published on February 2nd, 2020

FRANKLIN COUNTY Enosburg and Richford High Schools are participating in the expanded teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) pilot program, the first of its kind developed for high school students in the U.S. Continue reading

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Urgent mental health care clinic, a rarity, opens in Everett – The Daily Herald

Posted: Published on February 2nd, 2020

The new resource at Providence hospital is on the same campus as the emergency room. Think of it as a walk-in clinic for adults with mental health issues. They dont have to make an appointment Continue reading

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More kids in Washington have mental-health issues that 10 years ago. Heres how lawmakers want to help. – Seattle Times

Posted: Published on February 2nd, 2020

About 20 miles west of Spokane, a tiny school district is struggling to pay its sole school psychologist. We have more and more kids coming that have issues that are related to mental health, said Marcus Morgan, superintendent at Reardan-Edwall School District, which serves about 650 students.Its one of our biggest, most urgent needs. Morgan isnt alone in this belief or in the struggle to scrape together funds to pay mental-health staffs salaries Continue reading

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Maine Voices: Mental health care system continues to abandon the people who need it – Press Herald

Posted: Published on February 2nd, 2020

Upon reading the Jan. 22 article about the closing of the program at Portlands Shalom House that assists 170 adult mental health clients with daily tasks, I was immediately saddened for these individuals and their families. As I near completion of my masters degree in public health, I am reminded of why I entered this field: my furious resentment of the lack of effective mental health care in this country, and my deep-rooted knowledge of the harms inflicted by this system of care Continue reading

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Digital Technology Is Helping Reduce The Stigma Of Mental Health Illness – Yahoo News

Posted: Published on February 2nd, 2020

When those with mental illness experience prejudice and discrimination in the form of stigma, it can make their suffering considerably worse. Spreading awareness and understanding through education is one of the strategies used to tackle the problem. Years of public education campaigns have helped open the conversation Continue reading

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As the mental health crisis grows, Puerto Ricans need long-term care | TheHill – The Hill

Posted: Published on February 2nd, 2020

I remember distinctly one of my summer visits to Puerto Rico with my family when I was a teenager. Continue reading

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