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New facility assisting with mental health management in La Crosse
Tellurian Behavioral Health is an innovative and urgently needed alternative for mental health crisis management. LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) – A new resource for people experiencing mental health problems will be coming to La Crosse. Tellurian Behavioral Health is an innovative and urgently needed alternative for mental health crisis management. The eight bed facility at…
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Brundidge mayor proclaims May as Mental Health Month
Brundidge mayor proclaims May as Mental Health Month Published 5:50 pm Thursday, May 23, 2024 Brundidge Mayor Isabell Boyd and the Brundidge City Council members proclaimed the month of May 2024 as Mental Health Month in Brundidge Brundidge Mayor Isabell Boyd has proclaimed the month of May 2024 as Mental Health Month in Brundidge. In…
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Mental Health Matters: Keeping it all together as a family when life seems to fall apart
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) – How does your family spend time together? Quality time with children impacts their mental health along with the parents. “How is somebody doing in their relationships? How are they feeling about themselves? And putting all of those things together really creates what a person’s mental health is for them,” said Christina…
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LewisGale hosts mental health walk
Walking for a good cause — that’s what LewisGale employees and other community partners did Thursday morning. As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, LewisGale hosted a mental health walk to remind people just how important it is to take care of yourself. Sign up for WSLS Insider to gain access to exclusive content, contests,…
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La Crosse County hosts annual Mental Health Walk
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) – Thursday marked La Crosse County’s 11th annual Mental Health Walk, which saw around 100 participants walk together to raise money and awareness. “We walk about a mile around the downtown area supporting May, which is Mental Health Awareness Month. If people saw a lot of green walking around downtown, that…
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UnitedHealth Group acquires large mental health group in Twin Cities
Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group has acquired CARE Counseling, a Plymouth-based outpatient mental health group with some 300 employees across 10 locations. Financial terms of the deal, which was first reported by Behavioral Health Business, were not disclosed. CARE Counseling becomes the third mental health practice in Minnesota that’s been purchased by UnitedHealth through a subsidiary called…
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House revives gun bill mandating NH share mental health data for FBI background checks
CONCORD — The sole bipartisan gun bill of the legislative session was revived Thursday in the New Hampshire House, prompting a heated argument among House Republicans. A bill to require serious mental illness information to be reported to the FBI’s background check system for firearm purchases was killed last week by the Senate, but its language was…
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Pinellas County introduces new program aimed at connecting residents with mental health providers
Linking people to mental health resources in Pinellas County FOX 13’s Kailey Tracy reports. <!–> ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Pinellas County is helping link people to mental health, substance use and addiction help in a more streamlined way. –> It’s through a new program called Care About Me that launched on Tuesday. Residents can call…
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FOX23 looks into what effect sports can have on kids’ mental health
TULSA, Okla. — Mental health, a topic that’s been discussed nationally, but sports has been a game changer for children’s mental health. “It was very new for me, it was my first time trying out for anything and I really think it helped me with my anxiety throughout the school,” Booker T. High School freshman…
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Mental health call center in Charleston fields more than 4,000 calls in 1st year
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The second 998 Suicide Hotline call center in South Carolina has been operating in Charleston for almost a full year and in that time has fielded thousands of callers. The 988 suicide and mental health hotline number launched nationwide in 2022 and is available 24/7. Charleston/Dorchester Mental Health leaders say, the…