Minnesota plan to close state addiction treatment facilities faces pushback

Minnesota plans to shutter several state treatment facilities for people struggling with addiction and shift dollars, staff and space to increasingly in-demand mental health programs. But ... Read More

'Investment in those who are so vulnerable': Douglas County plans to build new acute mental health center

THIS WILL MOVE MENTAL HEALTH ... BORGESON VOTED FOR THE PLAN. SHE SAYS THE NEW CENTER WILL BE BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AND BETTER ABLE TO PROVIDE CARE FOR FOR US TO MAKE ... Read More

Mental Health Research News

and this marks a significant step forward in diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of ... Feb. 27, 2024 — Youth mental health in urban environments is significantly better when more nature is ... Read More

Rural jails turn to community health workers to help the newly released succeed

In most places, people are released from county jails with no health care coverage, no job, nowhere to live, and no plan to stay off drugs or treat their mental ... First Day Forward took the ... Read More

LA County Strikes Down Plans for Women’s and Mental Health Jail

Los Angeles County Supervisors voted Tuesday to cancel plans to build a controversial mental health jail downtown and also abandoned plans to move a women’s jail ... called the Mental Health Treatment ... Read More

Emerging Mental Health Care Options for EDs in Crisis

The path forward ... urgent mental health issues, conduct psych evaluations, and initiate stabilizing treatment. These discrete teams or facilities (also called Crisis Receiving Centers) often ... Read More

Star Tribune adds Kavita Kumar, Melissa Wind to news organization's leadership

The Star Tribune, the Midwest's largest news organization, has promoted a longtime business reporter to lead its community engagement efforts and hired an experienced executive to head up its ... Read More

New mental health center approved to lessen load at 201 Poplar

The Shelby County Commission approves a first-of-kind new Mental Health, Safety, and Justice Center. The new center will take a step forward by advancing mental health care and criminal justice ... Read More

Why is it taking so long to expand San Diego County's mental health capacity?

All leaders at all levels have agreed since Tri-City Medical Center closed its mental health care unit in 2018 that increasing local psychiatric treatment capacity is a top priority. But, as 2024 ... Read More

Senate Veterans’ Affairs Chair Calls for More Mental Health Care Providers in Rural Areas

Tester also noted in-person mental health services tend to be clustered at large VA medical centers in urban areas, while nearly a third of veterans enrolled in VA health care live in rural areas. Read More

Missouri kids are in a mental health crisis. This bill would offer badly needed help | Opinion

In the United States, youth mental health has only gotten worse. In Missouri, it is a crisis. According to the Centers for Disease ... access to mental health care and reduce the burden that ... Read More

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