Category Archives: Mental Health

Staff photo by Troy Stolt / Christmas decorations are seen in downtown Cleveland, Tenn., on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020 Continue reading →

https://chapelboroaudio.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/2020/December/22/Gratitude%20%26%20Mental%20Health_WRAP.mp3 For those currently struggling with their mental health, navigating the holidays in addition to a pandemic can be especially difficult. Elisha Contner Wilkins is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Eating Disorders Specialist at Veritas Collaborative a treatment center with facilities spread throughout North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia. Continue reading →

In a mental health crisis, people are more likely to encounter police than get medical help. Continue reading →

Its the most wonderful time of the year, or at least thats what Andy Williams sang long before COVID-19 became a reality. Mary Jo Kreitzer, the founder and director of the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing at the University of Minnesota, acknowledges the worst and most dangerous days of the pandemic are ahead, and after dealing with restrictions and adjustments for the past several months, its common to feel COVID fatigue Continue reading →

Things will likely improve in the coming months. Heres how to get through the hard part Continue reading →

The Hays County judge will need to build support for the project, but he imagines a facility that will serve both the public and criminal offenders. Continue reading →

Each year in September, workplace mental health nonprofit One Mind at Work hosts an annual convening that gathers the most influential employers, innovators, advocates and researchers in workplace mental health for a programme of inspiring discourse on challenges, solutions, best practices and employee experience. In 2020, as workforces around the world continue to endure novel challenges, more than 250 global leaders took part in a two-day virtual conference that focused on critical issues for employers. Continue reading →

Executive Summary The U.S. has long suffered from a severe shortage of mental health care services. Continue reading →

We are a group of mental health professionals writing in support of the establishment of a Mobile Mental Health Unit in Minneapolis. We are therapists, social workers, members of mental health teams, physicians and community psychologists who practice in clinics, private practice, community service and emergency departments in the Twin Cities area. With the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) demoralized and short-staffed after the events of this summer, we believe this is an opportune time to reorganize the way emergency calls are handled, in order to remove some of the burden from the police while creating an emergency response system that better serves our citizens Continue reading →

Mental health resources support an essential aspect of student wellbeing and are key to students capacity to be present and engaged in learning and community, said Joanna Royce-Davis, PLUs vice president for student life. These resources are especially important right now given the many impacts that COVID-19 has created, exacerbated, or perpetuated. This years goal was chosen to double the $8,470 grant awarded to PLU by Pierce County Connected, a partnership fund launched by United Way of Pierce County and the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, for investment in technology for mental health counselors to provide care to students virtually. Continue reading →