Category Archives: Mental Health

Although suicide rates were stable from 2000 to 2007, the numbers began to rise dramatically in 2007, nearly tripling by the end of 2017. In an effort to improve suicide prevention care and response and making it easier for those in need to get help when they need it, the federal government has announced plans to set up a new three-digit suicide prevention hotline, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. The 988 hotline will be similar to 911 but will instead will connect callers to a counselor who can provide immediate help Continue reading →

As the semester draws to a close, students, faculty and staff are likely feeling the stress of final exams and projects. It is common to experience fatigue and anxiety while cramming work into the final weeks of the semester. Continue reading →

More than 70,000 Americans died of overdoses in 2017, yet insurers spent only 1% of their total health care dollars on treatment for substance use disorders a decrease from two years earlier. Continue reading →

People gather at a memorial for slain high school student Leilah Hernandez at Odessa High School. Hernandez was a victim of the Aug. 31 mass shootings that took place in Odessa and Midland Continue reading →

The New Orleans City Council last month approved $100,000 in next year's budget for a special Orleans Parish Civil District Court program aimed at helping people with mental illness receive outpatient treatment. The program, which seeks to use the black robe effect the presumed authority of judges to ensure that patients follow treatment plans, started accepting patients in December 2018. But Judge Kern Reese said hes run into one major problem since the assisted outpatient treatment program he oversees went live: Despite dozens of referrals, not enough people have qualified to enter the program. Continue reading →

Prior to being shot and killed by Portland officers on Sunday, Koben Henriksen had several recent encounters with local police, all of which ended without police force and with Henriksen in a medical facility. On Thursday, four days after Henriksens death, Portland police released information describing prior encounters with the Portland man, noting that his death highlights failures in Portlands mental health system. On Sunday, Henriksen, 51, was shot by police near Mall 205 after callers reported him walking in traffic and waving knives at passing cars. Continue reading →

This story is part of The Plain Dealers Cleveland City Champions series, which honors people and organizations that have done bold, innovative work to lift up a neighborhood or a community. The series was produced in partnership with The Guardian and with public broadcasterIdeastream. To read about other Cleveland City Champions, go to tinyurl.com/CleChampions CLEVELAND, Ohio Archie Green is a rapper and a producer who uses hip-hop to de-stigmatize mental illness in black and brown communities. Continue reading →

Please enable Javascript to watch this video RICHMOND, Va. -- Lauren Hope is no longer ashamed to tell people that once in her life, mental illness drove her to attempt suicide. CBS 6 first introduced viewers to the VCU graduate and former news reporter a few years ago Continue reading →

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Googling stress and the holidays, you quickly learn that stress is to be expected this time of year, and there are many suggestions for how to handle it. Stopping by the Jamestown office of the Mental Health Association in Chautauqua County (MHA), you could see a notice that asks Need Help Surviving the Holidays? along with information about one of the more than 30 groups and classes that meet regularly in Jamestowns Gateway Center Continue reading →