The El Paso County prison diversion program aims to keep people with mental illness from returning to the criminal justice system.

A new 24-hour crisis center in Norfolk is just days away from opening, as You Turn Residential’s new 24/7 mental health crisis facility will open Nov. 3. You Turn ...

Mary Lanning Healthcare has been ranked in the top 10 for shortest wait times in their emergency room for mental health ...

Mental health should not be something that is political ... a social rehabilitation facility, inpatient psychiatric units, a high-acuity youth residential unit, and a partial hospitalization/intensive ...

NEBRASKA’S INSPECTOR GENERAL OF STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES RAISES CONCERNS OVER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. AND HE SAYS THEY MAY BE VIOLATING STATE LAW. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S AARON HEGARTY IS HERE IN ...

The behavioral health department intends to ask the state for a $100 million grant to build a ‘behavioral health wellness ...

True value, in dollars, dignity, and human potential, isn’t created in moments of crisis. It’s built in the quiet, continuous ...

Patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities make up a disproportionate share of individuals occupying long-stay ...

Increasing efforts are being made to prevent and/or eliminate the use of seclusion and restraint in mental health facilities. Recent literature recognises the importance of the physical environment in ...

If you stay overnight in a hospital, you are an inpatient; if you don't, you're an outpatient. Observation status is for people who need to be watched overnight to decide if more care is needed. Your ...

As soon as your eyes open in the morning, you must start making decisions. Hit snooze, or get up right away? Coffee before shower, or shower first? What should I wear? These morning decisions can ...

WITH global statistics indicating that a substantial portion of the population will experience a mental health challenge at some point in their lives, local health officials are calling for a whole-of ...