September named suicide prevention month
It’s suicide prevention month in Mississippi and across the country. Governor Phil Bryant signed a proclamation earlier this month, declaring September to be Suicide Prevention...
Tag : mental health
Program aims to aid Mississippi students
Over 300 students across the state of Mississippi need your help. Youth Villages, an organization that specializes in children’s mental and behavioral health, is seeking...
Facebook post prompts mental health conversation after Lincoln County shooting spree
by Jared Bounds
The Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police posted a plea to state lawmakers one day after eight people were killed in Lincoln County this weekend....
Health agency officials and the FBI headed to town hall meeting
by Sarah Ulmer
BRANDON- The Brandon town hall meeting on May 23, is partnering with the Department of Mental Health, the Bureau of Narcotics, The Board of Pharmacy,...
Governor addresses children’s mental health
Governor Phil Bryant addressed children’s welfare and mental illness among children at Friday’s 2017 Children’s Mental Health Summit at the Hilton in Jackson. The fourth...
Mental health: community-based treatment needed for children
Mental health woes continue in the state, with the recent $10 million dollar budget cut to the Department of Mental Health being just the tip...
Community-based treatment dire to Mississippi mental health
Discussions have circulated across the public recently regarding The Mississippi Department of Mental Health’s announcement that 650 jobs were having to be cut, given their...
Pilot mental health programs could aid criminal justice system
by Sarah Ulmer
Senate Bill 2842 has passed the Senate floor and is now waiting to head to the House where Representatives will discuss potential pilot mental health...
First Clinic in Mississippi to Serve Primarily LGBT Community Opens, Doctors Not to Be Judgemental
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–How would you feel if your doctor was making moral judgements about who you are while you were getting treatment. Some LGBT people in...
Avoiding the Holiday Blues: What a Mississippi Professional Says About Your Mental Health
by kim
By Todd Adams, News Mississippi Gulf Coast correspondent...