by Staff | Mar 6, 2019 | Gun Negligence, Mental Health & Guns, Press, Press Release, Suicide Prevention, Trauma Mitigation
March 1, 2019By: Paul Gionfriddo, president and CEO, MHA “Mental Health America is deeply disappointed that in HR 1112, language is included that perpetuates historic, unfair and unfounded assumptions and prejudices about people experiencing or living with a mental...
by Staff | Feb 20, 2019 | Mental Health & Guns, Suicide Prevention, Trauma Mitigation
The Crisis Response Unit has 20 full and part-time social workers housed within the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. The CRU is a brand new approach to quickly and effectively help people at perhaps the worst time in their lives. It went online Jan. 1 and...
by Staff | Feb 20, 2019 | Mental Health & Guns, Suicide Prevention, Trauma Mitigation
This seems like a common sense bill that should apply to everyone. Fear of being punished over mental health issues is what keeps many from seeking help. In December, East Lyme Police officers went to a motel room and found 25-year-old Corina Zukowski lying in a pool...
by Staff | Feb 6, 2019 | Mental Health & Guns, Suicide Prevention, Trauma Mitigation
(KFSM) — Public safety is a difficult profession that can lead to mental health struggles, and those struggles can be left untreated. A study shows more police officers and firefighters die by suicide than in the line of duty. On Friday (Feb. 8) Hackett Police Chief...
by Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Suicide Prevention, Trauma Mitigation
When veterans return home from war, they’re offered resources to help them cope with struggles including PTSD. But, first responders back home don’t have the same resources. That’s why a veteran turned first responder and former police officer came together to...
by Staff | Jan 21, 2019 | Suicide Prevention, Trauma Mitigation
Police tape is seen outside the Tree of Life Synagogue after a shooting there left 11 people dead in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on October 27, 2018. – A heavily armed gunman opened fire during a baby-naming ceremony at a synagogue in the US...
