Minneapolis launches program to deploy mental health responders
The city developed the pilot as an alternative to police response.
Retired Illinois fire chief speaks in Alexandria about son’s mental health battle, suicide | Echo Press
Patrick Kenny is a mental health advocate, author and inspirational speaker.
The gender gap in recognizing mental health issues
Six million men are affected by depression each year in the United States alone. And, suicide rates for men are four times higher than for women. Health experts are recognizing a gender gap in acknowledging mental health issues. Men are much more likely to address a physical issue than admit to having mental well-being problems. […]
Colorado’s mental health safety net is failing some. Reforms could fix or further problems
Colorado has been giving mental health centers noncompete contracts and a privileged rate status for nearly 60 years, without meaningful oversight.
MDOC provides wellness app to help employees address mental health
The Michigan Department of Corrections has launched a customized, confidential wellness app for MDOC personnel and their families to help them address their mental health.
The labor shortage may be in your mind. More Americans are rejecting work because their mental health is suffering.
More people in a recent McKinsey survey said they stopped seeking work because of mental health, signaling it's playing a role in the labor shortage.
Amy C. Brodkey, groundbreaking psychiatrist and women’s mental health advocate, dies at 72
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She and others occupied a Harvard building in 1971 to protest the need for a women's center. Today, the Cambridge Women’s Center is the oldest continuously operating women's center in the country.
Physical, mental health issues named top cause of US unemployment
Survey of US workers found 30 percent of unemployed respondents cited physical health as the cause of their joblessness.