After years of discussion and consideration, the Gilbert School and the public elementary school system have each hired security and safety officers for the first time. Armed Security Officer ...

A number of people were handed prison sentences of more than 10 years for rape, sexual offences and other crimes - here are ...

Jessica Borga of Lakeland became the Women's Featherweight Bare Knuckle Boxing Champion of the World. She credits boxing for changing her life when it comes to dealing with mental health.

Construction is ramping up at a new state psychiatric hospital as Washington works to meet continued demand for treatment of ...

Between 2016 and 2021 in Arizona, cannabis-related hospital visits increased by 20%, with one quarter of these visits primarily involving mental health conditions such as bipolar disorder ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Governor Laura Kelly was in Wichita on Wednesday for the groundbreaking of the new South Central Regional Psychiatric Hospital. This long-awaited facility aims to provide a ...

The Trump administration says it will stop paying out $1 billion in federal grants that school districts across the country have been using to hire mental health professionals, including ...

Any state that applied to the U.S. Department of Agriculture was awarded up to half a million dollars — which was used to hold trainings, start hotlines staffed by mental health workers and ...

Theresa Jones with her son Jawaun Westbrooks at Navy Pier in 2019 after he was released from the state mental hospital in Elgin. Theresa Jones thinks about Jessica Vilaythong’s death and her son ...

Every day we see the consequences of a failing mental health system unfold in our communities. Violent outbursts, repeated arrests, erratic behavior, and escalating threats have become a grim ...