Mental Health Impact Assessment: Jobs, Arrests and Community Mental Health – Environmental, economic and physical health effects are often considered in shaping public policy. Mental health—which is crucial to healthy communities—is r…

 

Mental health forum to be held Wednesday

Filed under: community mental health

The meeting will focus on rebuilding the mental health system in Fairbanks, which was overhauled after the sudden bankruptcy and closure of Fairbanks Community Behavioral Health Services. NAMI of Fairbanks, a local mental health advocacy organization, …
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St. Peter Community Behavioral Health Hospital gets new leader

Filed under: community mental health

While with the DOC, he spent two years working on the Mental Health Unit at the Oak Park Heights prison. He also supervised behavioral health staff at the state's largest correctional facility in Faribault. The St. Peter Community Behavioral Health …
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HHS Announces Affordable Care Act Mental Health Services Funding

Filed under: community mental health

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that it plans to issue a $ 50 million funding opportunity announcement to help Community Health Centers establish or expand behavioral health services for people living with mental …
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