Riveon Mental Health and Recovery urges people experiencing mental health crisis to contact the Suicide and Crisis Hotline which has been updated over the last few years. In a nationwide effort, the ...

Albuquerque’s earned national attention for sending social workers instead of police to non-emergency situations. Now, a ...

Police aren’t trained adequately for people with mental health crises, but they’re often the first responders. Here’s what works better.

In an emergency, police are often the first called to the scene. But they are rarely equipped to deal with complex mental ...

Santa Barbara County residents in need of non-emergency mental health transportation will soon experience improved care ...

In Oklahoma City, a new program is diverting emergency mental health calls to trained social workers, peer support ...

Columbus has installed an independent review board, revamped the way it responds to protests and created alternative response ...

Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. ••• This column is part of a series of occasional columns regarding mental health in Minnesota, ...

One in five adults experiences a mental illness each year, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services ...

More and more communities have concluded that the police can’t be expected to solve every problem and are shifting some of ...

Proactive school safety measures, mental health support, and community partnerships are key to creating a school culture that ...