South Carolina must improve how it cares for mentally ill prisoners, and its happening broadly under a court order that arose from a decade of class-action litigation. But according to a psychiatrist who works at the Camille Graham womens prison in Columbia, conditions worsened between 2014 when she regularly made rounds there and earlier this year when she returned as a contract doctor Continue reading →

A recent ABC News story highlighted the alarming statistic that suicide is the second leading cause of death among college aged students. Universities and colleges across America have been reporting a rising rate in suicidal thoughts, tendencies and completed suicides Continue reading →

Two decades ago, when Jenny Britton, LICSW, director of child and family services for Washburn Center for Children, was getting started in her career as a mental health professional, she often felt she had to work undercover. The teens she saw for common mental health concerns like depression and anxiety usually wanted to keep their relationship with her on the down-low. There was so much secrecy and shame, Britton said. Continue reading →

Maggie Hanna grew up a typical rural kid: in school on weekdays; helping with the cattle on her familys ranch southeast of Colorado Springs on weekends. Except Hanna had something else to contend with. When she was 9, her father, Kirk Hanna, died by suicide Continue reading →

by Allison Falco | 11/6/19 2:00am It was the first event of O-Week, and the stress of making friends mixed with my social anxiety formed a poisonous cocktail I could not keep down. The sounds of new voices began to stack on top of each other, causing the walls to slowly close in Continue reading →

As an estimated 4,000 Kaiser Permanente mental health workers prepare to stage a five-day, statewide strike, the Oakland-based healthcare provider is lamenting union leadership that would allow them to walk away from their patients. The National Union of Healthcare Workers announcedlast month it would protest staffing shortages and lagging patient appointments with a walkout scheduled to begin Nov Continue reading →

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Hartmut Braune comes to work in security communications at SAP, he never knows what emergency will land in his inbox. FILE PHOTO: People walk at an office building at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, February 29, 2016 Continue reading →

Nonprofit Mental Health Provider Will End Clinic-Based Therapy Program, Affecting 450 Mainers Maine mental health provider Sweetser has announced it is ending its clinic-based therapy program, which will affect 450 children and adults. Continue reading →

A recent Facebook post with a hashtag indicating support for U.S. Continue reading →

Suicide rates among young people ages 10 to 24 have increased by 56% since 2007, according to a recent report form the CDC. Continue reading →