If you are experiencing mental illness, you are far from alone, as one out of every five people in the United States deals with mental illness every year, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration . In Montana, mental health issues are of particular concern Montanas Department of Public Health and Human Services reports that the state consistently has one of the highest suicide rates in the country. Unfortunately, many people try to deal with mental illness alone. Continue reading →

Renowned artists Ted Meyer and Armando Nunez will join forces for an outdoor art installation in the Gaslamp Quarter to help break down the stigma surrounding mental illness. The artwork will be created live on site over two days and will be on display through Oct Continue reading →

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Listen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS At a time when we bring so much of ourselves to work, mental health is still something we dont like talking about at the office. But so many high-achieving people have suffered or are currently suffering from anxiety, depression, or other mental and emotional issues. Our guest, Scott Stossel, national editor of the Atlantic and author of My Age of Anxiety, explains where anxiety comes from and how it affects us in our work for better or worse Continue reading →

Like the boulders of Clinton Park being rolled off the sidewalk, put back on, taken off again and now perhaps replaced with bigger boulders the political tug-of-war between a faction of the Board of Supervisors and Mayor London Breed over reforming San Franciscos mental health system draws on, as people continue to suffer on the street. Supervisors Hillary Ronen and Matt Haney on Tuesday announced a revised version of a proposed March 2020 ballot measure that would overhaul San Franciscos mental health system, a proposal they withdrew in July pending more outreach to the Department of Public Health and the unions. But Breed has given no indication she will support the revised proposal after officially walking away from negotiations on Sunday. Continue reading →

The universal mental health care bill is a little less universal in the form Supervisors Hillary Ronen and Matt Haney proposed it Tuesday, but Mayor Breed still feels it goes too far. Mayor London Breed, the Department of Public Health, and much of the City Hall bureaucracy are already taking heat over proposed bed cuts for mentally ill patients. Continue reading →

Please enable Javascript to watch this video SCHAUMBURG, Ill. The man accused of driving an SUV into the Woodfield Mall could be sentenced to 20 years in prison if he`s convicted of the terrorism count hes been charged with Continue reading →

Mayor Bill de Blasio and wife Chirlane McCrays billion-dollar mental health program has failed New York City, according to a damning new report by Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. The Citys current approach to addressing mental health crisis is failing, Williams says in the 21-page report released Wednesday. Continue reading →