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Amity International School Students Samaya and Samara Chauhan Lead the Way with PLAN Y
In a world where young people are often marginalized in discussions that directly affect their lives, two young changemakers ...
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Mental Health Awareness Month
This May, take action, raise your voice, and help change the conversation around mental health! Since 1949, Mental Health Awareness Month has been a driving force in addressing the challenges faced by ...
Father of Baby Phoenix who died of fentanyl overdose wants felony dropped; mental health program instead
The May 2023 death of baby Phoenix — and the investigation by the Bay Area News Group that followed — forced a reckoning at ...
New B.C. corrections unit offers involuntary care for mental health, addictions
British Columbia's premier says the ongoing toxic drug crisis in the province has led to a cohort of people with serious ...
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Many mental health calls don't require cops, program shows
A mobile, community-led crisis response team based in six communities across B.C. is showing that police don't have to be ...
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City, school officials at odds over mental health partnership
Palo Alto Unified School District deferred an offer to collaborate with the Jed Foundation on mental health, instead opting ...
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State High Parents, Students Advocate for Increased Security, Mental Health Resources After Planned Attack
A group of about 50 parents and students met with State College Area School Board members on Wednesday evening to express ...
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Why the law that forces people to get mental health help didn’t stop the Shapiro arson attack
Involuntary commitment is intended to be a last resort with a high bar. At the same time, many PA counties lack other mental ...
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Hochul Rallies for NY Budget Deal With Tax Cuts, Crime Plan, and Mental Health Reform
Gov. Kathy Hochul rallied in Rochester this week, calling on state lawmakers to finalize a budget deal that includes tax ...
Hospital system put psychiatric patients at risk, attorney general finds
WMCHealth routinely discharged mental health patients without evaluation or stabilization and improperly kept inpatient ...
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Maryland Health Department struggling to address psychiatric bed crisis
The Maryland Department of Health gave an Anne Arundel County judge a plan to fix the state’s chronic psychiatric beds ...
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Judge rips Maryland Health Department plan for psychiatric bed crisis: ‘This is about people’
An Anne Arundel County judge has ripped the Maryland Department of Health for its presentation of what he described as a ...