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 →

During its first meeting of December, the Poulsbo City Council approved a new position within the Behavioral Health Outreach Program, better known as the navigator program. The navigator program is a multi-city effort that gives law enforcement access to a behavioral health navigator who contacts individuals struggling with behavioral health, mental health or chemical dependency issues, and works to connect them with social services and treatment Continue reading →

White House hopeful Andrew YangAndrew YangAmerica's real 'freedom dividend': Hard work and pro-business policies The Hill's Campaign Report: 2020 Democrats trading jabs ahead of Los Angeles debate Booker says he will not make December debate stage MORE on Wednesday unveiled two plans to invest in mental health coverage and expand telehealth services. Continue reading →

The company requesting a $1.4 million performance-based incentive grant from the Metro Council to open a new specialty psychiatric hospital in north Baton Rouge is planning to locate the facility in the former Champion Medical Center space at Howell Place. According to a draft agreement attached to the Metro Council agenda for Wednesdays meeting, at which the council will vote on the $1.4 million incentive, Oceans Behavioral Hospital plans to enter into a 10-year lease for some 35,000 square feet in the former surgical specialty hospital at Howell Place. The new behavioral health facility would be an expansion of the Dallas-based companys existing operations on Florida Boulevard Continue reading →