WA bill seeks cap for sending people to state psychiatric hospitals
Rep. Darya Farivar wants to cap the number of people counties can send to state hospitals for competency restoration services ...
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Mental health treatment center opens in the Vail Valley, where suicide is a leading cause of death
The 28-bed Precourt Healing Center is the culmination of a nearly $200 million communitywide effort to deliver mental health ...
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Nearly 900 Texas children are waitlisted for a mental health program billed as an alternative to foster care
Despite a long waitlist, the number of children served in the YES Waiver program has declined because of provider shortages.
Mental health facilities in Canton, Pocasset closing as Healey tries to lay off case managers
Gov. Maura Healey moved to close two mental health hospitals in Canton and Pocasset and lay off half of the Department of ...
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‘A broken system.’ Mental health patient complaints go nowhere in Michigan
Getting a complaint to stick in Michigan’s mental health system isn’t easy, an MLive investigation revealed. In 2023, 73% of complaints were found to be unsubstantiated and never investigated any ...
Editorial: Cuts to mental health should be off Healey’s budget table
After the state’s hemorrhaged money to shelter and care for the influx of migrants, mental health hospitals and staff ...
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'It's very, very sad and unfortunate': Public mental health care center closes on the Treasure Coast
A not-for-profit medical health care provider on the Treasure Coast that has been providing mental health care support since ...
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Most mental health crisis services did not increase following 988 crisis hotline launch
The national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline debuted in July 2022 to provide an easy-to-remember phone number to access trained crisis counselors and emergency mental health services. A new study ...
Australian state government deepens attack on public sector mental health care
Labor is exacerbating the already catastrophic state of public sector mental health care, attacking long-established ...
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Suncoast Mental Health Center closes, leaving Treasure Coast with fewer options
The closure leaves 18 nonprofit and 35 for-profit mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities on the Treasure Coast.