Charlotte NC October 29 2021 The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Academy of Children and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), and Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) declared a national state of emergency in child and adolescent mental health Tuesday, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as a driving force behind the growing concerns. According to a joint statement from […]
Denver CO October 15 2021 A woman paraded naked around Denver International Airport, interacting with passengers and drawing the attention of police, according to a report. The woman appeared to be carrying some kind of water bottle as she wandered around completely in the nude, footage from a video shared with CBS shows. Police officers quickly […]
KITCHENER Canada October 12 2021– Mental health workers will be available to help campus security officers respond to student calls at the University of Guelph this year. The mental health intervention program is designed to help students in crisis, the university said in a news release. Mental health workers will be available four days a […]
Watsonville CA Sept 21, 2021 The Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) School Board approved a resolution adding school resource officers (SROs) in tandem with mental health clinicians after an increase in violence since the school year began. The board, which voted to remove SROs from the Watsonville, California district in July 2020, reinstated them […]
LYNN, Mass. July 19 2021— Lynn city officials have approved a budget that will allocate $500,000 for an unarmed crisis-response team that would support people during mental health emergencies. The funding comes after more than a year of talks between the mayor’s office and the Lynn Racial Justice Coalition, according to the Boston Globe. A […]
WASHINGTON DC July 14 2021-Mental health professionals in Spokane could soon respond to certain 911 calls without a police officer at their side. Police and behavioral health experts are working through the logistics of having clinicians answer emergency calls for people in crisis without the accompaniment of an armed police officer. Spokane Police Department leaders […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. June 30 2021 Policing is going to look a bit different in parts of Nashville as officers in the North and Hermitage precincts partner with clinicians from the mental health cooperative. On Monday, Metro Nashville launched its Nashville Partners in Care program, which places mental health clinicians in police cars with MNPD officers. The […]
EAGLE RIVER MI June 12 2021— Leslie Griffith, outpatient program director at Copper Country Mental Health (CCMH) during her presentation at the May 27 mental health presentation at the Keweenaw County Courthouse, discussed the efforts being made to increase resources for mental health services and programs, not only locally, but across the state, as well. […]
BALTIMORE MD May 22 2021 One-third of calls coming into Johns Hopkins University Office of Campus Safety and Security are incidents related to a mental health crisis. “We may get a parent who just had a conversation with their child and was just really concerned because of something that they said just didn’t seem right or […]