The family of a man fatally shot by Portland police last year have filed a lawsuit to push city officials to dispatch trained mental health responders to those in behavioral…
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What is treatment-resistant depression? New report calls for clearer definition to inform research and improve treatment.
Newswise — A group of mental health experts from research, industry, regulatory bodies and with lived experience have proposed new agreed criteria to define the type of depression that current…
Biden calls for higher age limit on guns, mental health support. On those, Governor Justice agrees
President Joe Biden proposed some gun safety policies in a national address that also have received support from Gov. Jim Justice. One of those was an increased age limit for…
Abbott calls Texas school shooting a mental health issue but cut state spending for it
UVALDE, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that the Uvalde school shooter had a “mental health challenge” and the state needed to “do a better job with mental health”…
Community health provider calls for urgent rethink on rural health: ‘Issues need to be addressed now’
LDR/NORTH CANTERBURY NEWS/ROBYN North Canterbury’s Oxford Hospital was temporarily closed due to rising Covid-19 cases in March. A Canterbury community health service provider believes the Government is ignoring rural healthcare…