Tag: mental health
Otieno Family Attorneys Push Back Against Officers’ Defense
By DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As a video was released publicly this week showing sheriff’s deputies and employees...
More Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Could Be Coming
By Alexa Spencer, Word in Black
More certified community behavioral health clinics (CCBHC) will soon be popping up nationwide thanks to $1 million grants from the...
Increase in Youth Violence Leaves Young People Across the Nation in Grief
By Aria Brent, Word in Black
Standing over the body of Deanta Dorsey, shot and killed on Jan. 4 in Baltimore, the friends he made in...
Guns Are the Biggest Public Health Threat Kids Face. Why Aren’t They Getting the...
By Elisabeth Rosenthal, Kaiser Health News, Word in Black
I still remember the raspy voice of the wizened cancer patient with the hole in her throat....
NFL Has Been Slow to Embrace Mental Health Support for Players
By Mark Kreidler, Word in Black
When Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field in the middle of the...