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About 30 percent of people who are chronically homeless have mental health conditions. 11/06/2015 Link to Source

Education Connection in collaboration with Northwestern Regional School District 7 and the NW CT Youth and Adolescent Mental Health Coalition has received a three-year, $375,000 Project AWARE Community grant to support Youth Mental Health First Aid training in northwest Connecticut. One...

In just over a year, more than 800 individuals who live or work in Chester County have become certified Mental Health First Aiders. And, this free program continues to gain momentum locally. 11/02/2015 Link to Source

Mental illness has been part of my life since I was a child. Four of my six family members were hospitalized with diagnoses ranging from schizophrenia to borderline personality disorder to depression. Where some people saw my family members only...

There is no magic pill to cure mental illness. There is no one-size-fits-all diagnosis. There is no single cause. The complexities of the illness and limited resources in South Lake Tahoe can exacerbate the problem or delay diagnosis. And being in...

When a high school athlete breaks his arm, he walks down the hallways with a cast and “everybody says it’s really cool,” said Fred Robinson, Tosa United coordinator for the Wauwatosa School District. Equally, when a classmate is home sick with...

Mental health challenges such as depression, anxiety, psychosis and substance use are common in the United States. In fact, more than one in five American adults will have a mental health problem in any given year. 10/24/2015 Link to Source

With roughly 20% of the population suffering from a mental illness, its presence in the workplace (and in our personal lives) is assured. Mental illnesses and substance use disorders can have a lasting effect on workers, the workplace, and on...

As more and more students apply each year to increasingly competitive colleges, student mental health has become a heavily debated topic within the world of higher education. According to the American Psychological Association, 95 percent of college counseling center directors...

The Connect 4 Mental Health Community Innovation Awards recognize organizations introducing novel approaches to address mental health in early intervention, creative use of technology, continuity of care and service integration.  The National Council, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI),...

Mental illness has been part of my life since I was a child. Four of my six family members were hospitalized with diagnoses ranging from schizophrenia to borderline personality disorder to depression. Where some people saw my family members only...

Restricting access to known “suicide hotspots,” such as bridges, tall buildings and cliffs, can help reduce deaths at those locations by more than 90 percent, according to the findings of an international study published Wednesday in The Lancet Psychiatry. 10/06/2015...