There has been a dramatic increase in people found incompetent to stand trial in ...
Mental Illness
rssMental Health Awareness Month 2022: Community Is Key to Positive Mental Health
Each May, we celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month! This recognition provides us with ...
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center Virtual Summits
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's GAINS Center hosts Virtual Summits to ...
Natural Supports Perspectives Series: Caregiving for a Sibling with Traumatic Brain Injury and Justice Involvement
Editor's Note: In the Natural Supports Perspective Series, SAMHSA's GAINS Center explores the lived ...
Two Sides to Every Bench: Utilizing Trauma-Informed Court Practices to Promote Dignity and Reconciliation
SAMHSA’s GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation is committed to sharing information ...
Q&A with Courtney Collier, Telehealth Coordinator, Pathways
You work as a telehealth coordinator with West Tennessee HealthCares’ Pathways to Behavioral Health ...
Make it Mobile: Brandywine Counseling and Community Services Meeting People Where They Are
People experiencing opioid use disorders (OUD) often face challenges accessing medication-assisted treatment (MAT), particularly ...
Q&A with Kristin Schillig, Project Director for the Fulton County Justice and Mental Health Task Force, Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia
As the Project Manager for the Justice & Mental Health Initiatives at Superior ...
More than Books: New Jersey Libraries Provide a Fresh Start for Returning Citizens
In New Jersey and Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, people returning from incarceration have a ...
The Link Provides Community With Ready Early Diversion Services for People Experiencing Behavioral Health Crises
After less than 2 months in operation, a community triage center in Sioux Falls, ...
Q&A with Janie Marsh Gullickson, Director, Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon
Your peer program EVOLVE works with the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office Behavioral Health Unit ...
From Reentering the Community to Establishing a Reentry Project: Susan Burton’s A New Way of Life Reentry Project
Susan Burton knows the pain of the women she serves. Incarcerated multiple times over ...