Many people with mental health or substance use disorders experience stigma and perceived biases when seeking medical ...

d3sign / Getty Images When the 988 Suicide & Crisis ... The shorter number would serve as an alternative to 911 for mental health emergencies. But not everyone felt the same way.

988 is a new, easy-to-remember universal crisis line that will help people dealing with mental health emergencies. Credit: Mixmike / Getty Images When people in the U.S. are experiencing an ...

A unique partnership between Jackson County Mental Health and Mercy Flights is providing a new model for responding to behavioral health emergencies, aimed at reducing reliance on law enforcement and ...

Quick help for suicidal thoughts and other mental health emergencies will soon be as easy as 9-8-8. The United States’ first nationwide three-digit mental health crisis hotline goes live on ...

Editor’s note: This article includes references to suicide and mental health emergencies ... (Photo: Getty Images) Charlamagne said he had what he thought was a heart attack while driving.

More Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images These waits—known ... community-based resources providing mental health treatment for kids before they need emergency or inpatient care.

An item on the first City Council agenda of 2025 aims to collect, and later analyze, data on mental health calls. Rescued NASA astronauts deliver message to Trump, Musk after 'incredible' nine ...

The plans would allow people in acute mental distress to get treatment in hospital while also reducing A&E wait times.

I had to learn that lesson through experience. I’m now an emergency physician who has cared for patients with acute mental health needs in the ED for two decades. Although some things have ...

giving people with mental health issues an alternative to going to the emergency room in a crisis. The Kem and Carolyn Gardner Crisis Care Center, 900 W. 3300 South, is the first of its kind in ...