Palmer Buck, fire chief of he Woodlands Fire Department, todl the baord members that a long-awaited study on damage to Fire Station No. Continue reading →

Health benefits company Accoladepartnered with fast-growing telemental health startup Ginger to roll out app-based mental health offerings as an additional benefit to its 1.7 million members via employer partnerships. Accolade's platform will be enhanced with Ginger's on-demand mental health services, giving its corporate partners' employees access to virtual therapy, psychiatry, and mental health coaching services. Alliances between employers and telemental health firms are beneficial for businesses and employees alike Continue reading →

RIGHT Care team members, from left, Parkland Memorial Hospital psychiatric social worker Sarah Holigan, Dallas Fire Department driver/engineer Abel Rodriguez and Dallas Police officer Aaron Rucker are photographed at the South Central Dallas Police Department, Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Continue reading →

In April 2018, a 36-year-old woman experiencing a mental health crisis was shot and killed by Johns Creek police officers outside her home. Continue reading →

BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- Mayor Rich David, Police Chief Joseph Zikuski and Director of Crisis Services at MHAST. Michael Hatch from the Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier (MHAST) held a press conference to outline the Binghamton Police Department's programs and training to improve interactions between police and individuals experiencing a mental health crises Continue reading →

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Carolyn Stanford Taylor(Photo: Department of Public Instruction) The coronavirus pandemic laid bare the stark inequities in access and opportunities among school children in Wisconsin, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Carolyn Stanford Taylor said Thursday in her annual State of Education address. She said she will seek additional state dollars to narrow at leastsome of those gaps, particularly in the areas of special education and mental health services, in her 2021-23 budget proposal. "Every child has been impacted in some way by COVID-19," Stanford Taylor said. Continue reading →

The COVID-19 pandemic may be stressful for many Minnesotans, leading to fear, anxiety and other strong emotions. Tai Mendenhall, an associate professor in the College of Education and Human Developments Couple and Family Therapy Program, explains how the pandemic can affect the mental health of individual people, couples and families, as well as ways they can care for their overall well-being. Q: How can the pandemic impact a persons everyday well-being Continue reading →

More and more people need mental health services in Kern County, so much so that Behavioral Health and Recovery Services plans to build two more treatment facilities on Workman Street in east Bakersfield. The two facilities, which will serve minors and adults, are meant to ease the burden on the countys mental health safety net, which officials say has reached its maximum capacity. Kern County is growing, and so not only is this expansion to help where we currently are, but to successfully plan for the future, said Robin Taylor, a deputy director at BHRS Continue reading →

The fire service industry is seeing an uptick in the number of personnel with substance use disorders and suicidal behavior. Continue reading →