ESSEX, Vermont (WCAX) – A wave of Vermonters in psychiatric crisis await help in emergency rooms. Mental health officials say a new facility in Essex due to open in a few months will reduce the backlog and relieve pressure on state resources. Journalist Christina Guessferd got an exclusive tour of the $25 million project and …
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The bizarre saga of the former state mental health facility in Tinley Park has more twists and turns than athletes competing in diving or gymnastics. The final wrinkle pits the redundantly named Tinley Park-Park district against the village of Tinley Park. The Park District recently revealed ambitious plans to develop a recreation complex on the …
By Barbara Starr and Oren Lieberman, CNN (CNN) – The US Navy is investigating four apparent suicides over a month-long period at a shore-based facility to determine if the deaths are in any way related and if the sailors had sufficient mental health and medical support , according to a Navy report. official familiar with …
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A group of West St. Paul residents oppose plans for a mental health center that would provide residential treatment and crisis services, citing safety concerns. Officials involved in the project met Thursday night at a community meeting hosted by Dakota County to discuss concerns. More than 80 people showed up. The crisis and recovery center …
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Loudoun supervisors have asked state lawmakers for a new facility to address a mental hospital bed crisis, among other local priorities, while state lawmakers have warned them to temper their expectations during a session of the politically divided General Assembly. Last year, the state’s Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services closed admissions at five …
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CORTLAND, NY (WSYR-TV) – Senator Chuck Schumer is working to ensure that thousands of people in central New York and Cortland can get their hands on the mental health care they deserve. The condition of the current Cortland County mental health facility is quite low as it “lacks basic necessities like broadband, handicap accessibility, and …
At least four U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the same facility in Virginia have died by suicide in recent weeks, including one as late as Saturday, military officials and family members said. It is the latest cluster of Navy suicides this year to raise concerns of a fleet-wide mental health crisis. The four sailors worked …
FORT WAYNE, Indiana (WANE) – The numbers are staggering: one in five adults suffers from mental illness every year. For one in 20 people, it’s a serious mental illness every year. And one in six children, aged 6 to 17, suffers from a mental health disorder each year. Many people are one personal disaster away …
Members of our Community Editorial Board, a group of community residents engaged and passionate about local issues, answer the following question: The Boulder County Planning Commission has voted to recommend that the Alps Boulder Canyon Inn be transformed in a residential facility for adolescents with moderate mental health symptoms. Your opinion ? According to a …
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