CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Chesterfield County Sheriff Karl Leonard has publicly criticized the state of mental health systems in his county and the nation. In a statement released Wednesday morning — entitled “FROM CRISIS TO CRIMINAL: A BROKEN MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM” — Leonard laid out his issues with mental health systems and the undue…

The Vista del Mar psychiatric hospital in Ventura will no longer be permitted to receive acute-care patients placed on involuntary holds, thus exacerbating Santa Barbara’s already pinched shortage of acute-care psychiatric beds.  Of special concern for Santa Barbara mental-health providers will be the sudden loss of juvenile beds that Vista del Mar has long provided.…

According to a recent study from the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center at Mercer University, nearly 1 in 3 farmers thinks about suicide monthly. ATLANTA — Mental health issues are impacting Georgia’s rural farmers as they face generational pressure, natural disasters, and inflation.  According to a recent study from the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center…

Photo courtesy: Shutterstock.com Florida is making determined strides to confront its escalating mental health crisis head-on. As Senate Bill 164 moves through the legislative processes, it promises transformation, offering a glimmer of hope to countless individuals struggling with mental illness. SB 164 addresses the urgent workforce shortage among mental health professionals, a significant step toward…

Getty Images By Laurence Cawley and Sam Russell BBC News and PA Media A public inquiry into the deaths of at least 2,000 mental health inpatients has been relaunched with new powers. The Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry was established in 2021 to investigate the deaths of people on mental health wards in the county.…

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By Sara Heath November 01, 2023 – The 988 helpline’s effectiveness is seriously stymied by limited public awareness of the service, prompting researchers to call for better public health communication and messaging about the number. In a pair of studies recently published in JAMA Network Open, researchers from New York University found that public health leadership…

Good morning! Matt Heimer, Fortune executive editor for features, filling in for Paige. Last week, Fortune and cloud-computing software company ServiceNow assembled a group of CHROs from Chicago-area companies and institutions to talk about mental health in the workplace. The group was lively, opinionated, and eager to share insights—but above all, they were eager to hear from Andy Dunn. Dunn…