ESSEX, Vermont (WCAX) – A wave of Vermonters in psychiatric crisis await help in emergency rooms. Mental health officials say a new facility in Essex due to open in a few months will reduce the backlog and relieve pressure on state resources. Journalist Christina Guessferd got an exclusive tour of the $25 million project and …
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The bizarre saga of the former state mental health facility in Tinley Park has more twists and turns than athletes competing in diving or gymnastics. The final wrinkle pits the redundantly named Tinley Park-Park district against the village of Tinley Park. The Park District recently revealed ambitious plans to develop a recreation complex on the …
By Barbara Starr and Oren Lieberman, CNN (CNN) – The US Navy is investigating four apparent suicides over a month-long period at a shore-based facility to determine if the deaths are in any way related and if the sailors had sufficient mental health and medical support , according to a Navy report. official familiar with …
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CORTLAND, NY (WSYR-TV) – Senator Chuck Schumer is working to ensure that thousands of people in central New York and Cortland can get their hands on the mental health care they deserve. The condition of the current Cortland County mental health facility is quite low as it “lacks basic necessities like broadband, handicap accessibility, and …
The numbers are staggering: one in five adults suffers from mental illness each year. For one in 20 people, it’s a serious mental illness every year. And one in six children, aged 6 to 17, suffers from a mental health disorder each year. Many people are one personal disaster away from needing mental health treatment, …
