From Public Health Watch and Texas Community Health News About a year after Blanco County launched its community health paramedicine program in 2022, paramedic Wesley Patton was referred to a patient in the local jail. The man had been arrested on terroristic threat charges tied to his substance use. The post Community Paramedics Bring Mental Health Support to Rural Texas, but Funding Is a Challenge appeared first on Rosalynn Carter Fellowships.| Rosalynn Carter Fellowships
From Inside Appalachia and West Virginia Public Broadcasting In Huntington, West Virginia, Cabell County’s quick response team, or QRT, meets in the upper floor of an Emergency Medical Services building five days a week. Huntington is a small city of 45,000 people on the western edge of West Virginia.| Rosalynn Carter Fellowships
The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism awards fellowships to journalists in the U.S. and around the world to report on a mental health topic of their choice.| Rosalynn Carter Fellowships
From Searchlight New Mexico New Mexico is the second-largest oil producer in the U.S., behind Texas. Drawing immense wealth from the Permian Basin, the state relies on a workforce — often Latino men — who are subjected to harrowing conditions that lead to death, injury, disease and terrible tolls on mental health and family life.| Rosalynn Carter Fellowships
SFPublicPress When Chuan Teng looks at San Francisco’s approach to behavioral health care, she sees a fundamental flaw. The post SF Has a Chance to Reinvent Its Mental Health Care System appeared first on Rosalynn Carter Fellowships.| Rosalynn Carter Fellowships
From Missoulian/Independent Record Conner Reisinger realized he was different from his classmates in the fifth grade. He was always around other kids, but felt like an outcast and couldn’t put his finger on why. The post Montana’s youth need help. Here’s how educators are confronting a mental health crisis. appeared first on Rosalynn Carter Fellowships.| Rosalynn Carter Fellowships
From Missoulian/Independent Record Erica Parrish never thought she would leave her job as a school counselor, so her decision to quit the role at Belgrade School District was not one she made lightly. The post Behavioral health care in Montana’s schools: ‘Not a luxury, it’s a necessity’ appeared first on Rosalynn Carter Fellowships.| Rosalynn Carter Fellowships
From Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) Vanessa was 32 and pregnant with her first child when a massive stroke left her mother paralyzed and in need of care.| Rosalynn Carter Fellowships
From Public Health Watch It was February of 2020, and Andy Gonzalez, then a junior at Reagan High School in San Antonio, was on his lunch break when he noticed a burst of activity among the faculty. Then the news began to spread.| Rosalynn Carter Fellowships
From InvestigateWest The Washington Department of Health is investigating a 12-year-old’s suicide at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center last month that has prompted heartbreak and outrage from lawmakers, Spokane city councilmembers and behavioral health advocates statewide. The post WA health department investigating Spokane hospital after girl’s suicide sparked public outcry appeared first on Rosalynn Carter Fellowships.| Rosalynn Carter Fellowships
From Grady Newsource Rylie Hamilton meets on Tuesday evenings with three female University of Georgia students to discuss a range of topics, from spirituality to navigating the dating sphere to test anxiety. Mental health is frequently part of the conversation.| Rosalynn Carter Fellowships
