Free Mental Health First Aid Training Available – by Carly Winchell – Ark Valley Voice
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A youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training is being offered in Salida from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 19 in the Touber Bulding's Shavano
Contrast therapy helps first responders’ mental health
Contrast Studios is the first of its kind in Ohio.
Queer activist calls for keeping Oklahoma parents in the dark about child’s mental health
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Following the February 8 suicide of Dagny Benedict, a 16-year-old Owasso girl who recently identified as nonbinary and went by the name Nex Benedict, one prominent 2STGNC+ activist said state
Calhoun County Kickoff: AL2LA – A Journey for Mental Health Awareness – Calhoun Journal
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Weaver, AL - Chief Petty Officer Robert Luna (Ret): Walking Across America for Mental Health Awareness
New Mexico mental health first responders are increasingly civilians, not police
By Andrew Hay ALBUQUERQUE (Reuters) - Unarmed emergency responders Nevada Sanchez and Sean Martin take a police dispatch call in southeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, a city with high rates of violent crime and police shootings. They have no enforcement powers or protective equipment and say they use their voices and brains to deescalate encounters with people in mental health and substance abuse
Loneliness And Mental Health: Health Research Explores Eating Habits
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The researchers propose holistic mind-body interventions to address the detrimental effects of loneliness on eating behavior and mental health.
Why Britain’s mental health crisis threatens to doom a new generation
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Workforce malaise risks deepening unless UK can tackle deep-seated issues
Malory Shaughnessy and Betsy Sweet: Maine must fund mental health care: An urgent call for action
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The need for investment in Maine's mental health care system is clear and urgent. We urge the governor and the Legislature to act now by funding the Maine Resiliency package of bills and prioritizing the mental health and well-being of all Mainers.