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When the University of Texas Police Department gets a mental health-related call, a trained counselor will be dispatched alongside plainclothes police officers to respond.
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One North Texan created an Instagram account to detail her personal adoption experience and encourage other adoptees to join her mission to create awareness around adoption trauma.
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The Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute will use a recent $10 million dollar award to focus on mental health and depression. CEO Andy Keller talked with KERA's Justin Martin about their plans.
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Scientists are trying to determine what happens to our brains when we’re depressed but a lack of communication between them isn’t helping.
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Experts held a virtual event to talk about the pressures faced by teens of color and young members of the LGBTQ+ community, and how to support those groups.
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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission and UT Southwestern Medical Center are partnering to build a new state-funded psychiatric hospital in North Texas.
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A Colorado analysis found farmer suicide rates rise in tandem with increased drought. Experts say a big challenge is that there are few counsellors and many guns in rural areas.
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Just like CPR teaches someone how to help a person having a heart attack, mental health first aid can help someone experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis.
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A Pearland teen is speaking out after a majority of her peers responded to a survey saying they thought about committing suicide. The findings are in line with what mental health professionals are saying: teens are facing a mental health crisis.
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Communities in Schools (CIS) works with at-risk students and its services are even more important because the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health challenges.
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One 8-year-old boy had to wait for more than a month to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital where he could get the care he needs.
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It was a year ago that the COVID-19 pandemic hit home in Central Texas. So much has happened since then: protests over racism; a tumultuous presidential campaign; an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol; and a deadly winter blast in Texas. Through all the turmoil, there are ways to experience peace, balance and even some joy, says Junice Rockman.