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New partnership helps families access mental health treatment for kids in Yakima Valley
A new partnership could help students in Yakima County get faster access to a family doctor and prescription medicine for mental health issues. This summer, Educational Service District 105 teamed up with Astria Health and Selah-based Dr. Charles Bulfinch, a family practitioner. Bulfinch said even before the pandemic, he had started seeing a more younger…
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Man receives probation sentence, mental health treatment after threatening to kill Michigan leaders
LANSING, Mich. – A Detroit man was sentenced for making violent threats against multiple of Michigan’s leaders. RELATED LINK: Man accused of threatening call against Gov. Whitmer & other officials pleads no contest to charge 60-year-old James Toepler was sentenced to 15 months of probation under a specialized mental health treatment court for threatening to…
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Israel-Palestine: Blockade puts Gaza aid on the line, WHO spotlights soaring mental health needs in Israel
UPDATED: An alert from Gaza’s main hospital in the south of the enclave that lifesaving operations would stop on Wednesday evening because of fuel shortages followed an appeal from UN chief António Guterres for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. A truce was needed, he told the Security Council on Tuesday, “to ease epic suffering, make the…
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Nami Northwoods Peer Support Groups helping community with mental health needs
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) – Mental health has been the backbone of Nami Wisconsin, since starting in the 1970s. The Northwoods chapter is helping adults and children with mental health needs in three counties in our area through in-person support groups. It’s called Peer Support Groups. Peer Support Groups and Family Support Groups are for anyone…
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‘These are people with mental health breakdowns’: Treatment approach to criminal justice
Judge Selena Solis — who sits on the bench of the busy 243rd District Court overseeing hundreds of cases every year — has noticed a large number of defendants suffering from a similar disorder. Mental illnesses are prevalent in the El Paso County criminal justice system and the major cause of criminal behavior and recidivism,…
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Rural mental health crisis centers proposed for Wisconsin
This article includes mention of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available 24/7. Call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or use the chat feature at 988lifeline.org. It has been 10 years since Patty Slatter’s last suicide attempt. When emergency personnel responded to the…
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Urgent mental health care is often hours away. That may soon change.
This article includes mention of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available 24/7. Call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or use the chat feature at 988lifeline.org. It has been 10 years since Patty Slatter’s last suicide attempt. When emergency personnel responded to the…
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Alternative Break: Expand Horizons in Mental Health with the Coalition for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill
Break Description Want to contribute to the work of an amazing NGO and learn how mental illness is viewed and addressed in a different culture? For the first time since the start of the pandemic, we’ll be sending a group abroad to serve with our longtime partner the Coalition for the Upliftment of the Mentally…
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Forget ‘Crushing It,’ Startup Founders Open Up About Mental Health Problems
From therapy and peer groups to vulnerability and psychedelic drugs, entrepreneurs open up about their strategies for dealing with mental health challenges. By Jeff Kauflin, Forbes Staff Jason Gardner, the founder and CEO of payment processing startup Marqeta, was going through another bout of depression. It was early 2016, and he struggled to sleep and…
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Supporting children’s mental health involves supporting the well-being of parents, too
In a recent article for eJP, we shared the strategies we employ to address the pressing mental health needs of students in our religious school program. It is also worthwhile to explore how we can support the well-being of parents, guardians and caregivers – not the least because the mental and emotional health of kids…