mental health services

For the first time in the city’s history, Mayor de Blasio announced Tuesday that the new mental health professionals and crisis workers will be the dispatched through 911, instead of the NYPD, to respond to mental health emergencies in two high-need communities — calling the pilot program a “major innovation.”

The state of Connecticut has received a five-year grant for efforts to prevent suicide amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was awarded to the Connecticut Department of Public Health and will run through Aug. 31, 2025. The governor’s office said it will be a joint effort between DPH, the Connecticut Department…

A Connecticut task force has been charged with recommending a statewide policy for mental health services offered for college students across the state. The group was created by the General Assembly during the 2019 legislative session. Task force members, who include mental health experts, college mental health counselors and others, are expected to issue a report before the legislature convenes…

The roughly 2,000 state and local governments suing the drug industry over the deadly opioid crisis have yet to see any verdicts or reach any big national settlements but are already tussling with each other over how to divide any money they collect. The reason: Some of them want to avoid what happened 20 years ago, when states agreed to...

Boastful on the occasion of Memorial Day, President Donald Trump and his Veterans Affairs secretary are claiming full credit for health care improvements that were underway before they took office. Trump said he passed a private-sector health care program, Veterans Choice, after failed attempts by past presidents for the last “45 years.” That’s not true. The Choice program, which allows...

City and school leaders in New Britain toured renovation work being done at Smalley Elementary School Wednesday.

Smoking high-potency marijuana every day could increase the chances of developing psychosis by nearly five times, according to the biggest-ever study to examine the impact of pot on psychotic disorder rates. The research adds to previous studies that have found links between marijuana and mental health problems, but still does not definitively pinpoint marijuana as the cause. Psychotic disorders —...

You can go to Walmart to buy toothpaste and shampoo, order glasses or fulfill a drug prescription. Now, some customers can also get therapy, Today.com reported. A new outpatient mental health clinic has opened inside a Walmart store in Carrollton, Texas, north of Dallas. People can walk in, call or make an appointment online to see a licensed mental health...

Chance the Rapper says he’s donating $1 million to help improve mental health services in Chicago.

A day after the six-month-anniversary of the Parkland school shooting, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are heading back to class– and to heightened security measures.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed, in her first one-on-one interview since taking office, said homeless advocacy groups that receive funding from the city need to better educate the homeless to “clean up after themselves.” Bigad Shaban from NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit reports.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has discussed his battle with depression. Mariah Carey recently revealed she has bipolar disorder. And “Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds has acknowledged dealing with anxiety disorder.

On Monday, students will return to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School from spring break and the campus will begin using stronger security protocols.

The tipping point for Chris Hurst came last fall while reporting on a shooting at a rail car factory. When the camera turned off, he wept....
Just more than a year earlier, the 29-year-old’s reporter girlfriend was gunned down while conducting an interview on live TV. Now, Hurst was using the same truck that Alison Parker had used the last day...

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were scheduled for a busy first-time trip to Vancouver on Sunday, meeting with First Nations, young people, refugees and first responders.

Hillary Clinton rolled out a comprehensive plan to address millions of Americans coping with mental illness, pointing to the need to fully integrate mental health services into the nation’s health care system. Clinton’s campaign released a multi-pronged approach to mental health care on Monday, aimed at ensuring that Americans would no longer separate mental health from physical health in terms...

Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control will arrive in Palo Alto Tuesday to investigate the city’s recent teen suicide clusters.