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“It’s destroying me”: Storm after storm, climate change increases strain on Texans’ mental health
From The Texas Tribune
The first thing Dana Jones, 61, tells you to do when you enter her gray-blue house in Melrose Park is walk along the off-white tile, up and down, through her dining room, while she watches carefully for your reaction. “Do you feel it?” she asks.
There’s Free Mental Health Help For Crime Victims, But Providers Say Bureaucracy Gets In The Way
From SCPR/KPCC
About three years ago, a Southern California resident we’ll call Jane —we’re not using her real name because of a pending trial and security concerns— and her husband found out their child had been assaulted.
Youth access to mental health care improved under Jake’s Law, but persistent barriers hamper its reach
From the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting (AZCIR)
In March 2020, Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law a sweeping set of measures designed to help curb rising rates of suicide and expand access to mental health treatment for Arizona residents with and without insurance.
Why is it so hard to find therapists who take insurance in Illinois?
From the Chicago Tribune
Meena Thiruvengadam faced a choice when her therapist stopped taking health insurance about a year ago.
How Georgia’s new mental health law works
From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There’s a new law on the books that should make accessing treatment for mental illness and addiction much easier.
How researchers are getting farmers to talk about mental health
From Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB)
Christina Proctor spent many hours during her childhood on the front porches of neighborhood farms in Madison County.
Farmers have silently struggled with their mental health for years. Are they ready to talk?
From Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB)
Drew Echols doesn’t remember ever talking with his father about mental health. Or his grandfather. In fact, he doesn’t remember the last time he talked about his mental health at all.
It’s the most important part of addiction recovery — and often the most difficult to access
From Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB)
Residents in rural South Georgia are adamantly fighting a zoning request — a faith-based nonprofit called Redeemed Living wants to build cabins for men in addiction recovery on 23 acres of local farmland. But the neighbors don’t want them living next door.
Why The Pandemic Took An Especially High Mental Health Toll On New Parents
From KPCC
About six weeks after she gave birth to her son in the summer of 2020, Erin Sricharoon was driving to her local Starbucks in Yucaipa to get an iced chai latte when she had to pull over.
CARE Court Aims To Help People Living With Serious Mental Illnesses. Would It Bring New Solutions Or More Problems?
From KPCC
There’s a bill making its way through the state legislature that aims to create new avenues for people living with a serious mental illness to get life-saving treatment.
For trans youth in North Texas, finding affirming mental health care can be a challenge
From KERA
Roswell Gray, 17, has seen a lot of different therapists’ offices. They’re always some variation of black and white and gray, the muted tones matching the monotony of having to explain everything over and over again to a new person, in the hopes they’ll be the right fit.
Permanent funding solution elusive as mental health provider shortage plagues Arizona schools—and students
From the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting (AZCIR)
At times, seventh grade felt like one long string of panic attacks to Zoe Edelstein.
Amidst a lack of mental health services, the ‘Living Room’ approach aims to plug gaps
From Side Effects Public Media
After a bad breakup, 19-year-old Benjamin Kowalczyk said everything felt like it was crumbling around him. He dropped out of college, and felt himself getting angry with his family.
Crisis ‘living rooms’ offer an alternative to emergency room visits and hospitalizations
From WBUR
The new 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number rolls out this Saturday. The majority of crisis hotline calls can be resolved over the phone. But for those who need in-person help, facilities called Living Rooms are a welcome alternative.
With few other resources, people with behavioral health issues find treatment in jails and prisons
From Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB)
Nova Jaswan would like to stop using cocaine. And she’d like help with some of the other issues that feed into why she uses cocaine.
PA’s controversial mental health law on involuntary treatment stands to get a test run more than 3 years after its passing.
From PublicSource
Paul and Christine, of Montgomery County, know what it feels like to helplessly watch their child’s mental health deteriorate.
A new national mental health crisis line launches soon. Some states aren’t ready.
From Side Effects Public Media
Staff at Memorial Behavioral Health in Springfield, Illinois, are on call around the clock to talk with people struggling with suicidal thoughts, drug addiction or other mental health crises. They provide a listening ear and help connect people to resources or crisis support, if needed.
PA eased telehealth regulations during the pandemic. What happens if the waiver expires?
From PublicSource
At first, the pandemic actually kept us in our homes. Y’all remember that? Being on lockdown? For many, COVID and the response to it only intensified the need for health care. And by health care, I mean physical and mental.
