Articles Tagged: Mental health

The governor heard from groups requesting additional tax cuts, as well as support for child care, apprenticeships and mental health services during a public hearing Wednesday.

Across colleges and universities, the words and lived experiences of addiction and recovery, dependence and therapy, mental illness and counseling are becoming less taboo, making initiatives like Iowa State University’s Collegiate Recovery Program more popular and important for students seeking support.

During the holidays, we’re tempted to spend too much money on gifts, stay up too late, fill our calendar with parties, skip regular exercise or eat too much. Here’s what a UI professor had to say on how centering your values can help avoid holiday burnout.

While the CDC recently announced that U.S. suicide rates are at the highest levels since 1941, a University of Iowa expert says there’s reason to believe young people may be successfully reducing the stigma surrounding mental health issues.

Effective immediately, the Linn County Mental Health Access Center is now available 24/7 to take walk-ins for adults ages 18 and over who are experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis.

For Chloe Cole (no relation to your friendly neighborhood opinion columnist,) the puberty process wasn’t a normal function of adolescence. …

Kennedy High graduate Wilsee Kollie organizing the Saturday event as a fellow of new Our Future Iowa program.

Frances Haugen, in a keynote address at The Gazette’s Iowa Ideas conference, said Big Tech is failing in its obligations to society.

Social service professionals across Iowa work to address human needs in various ways, and the intersection between their sectors is significant. Food insecurity can be related to transportation, which can be related to work — and so on.

The lawsuit alleges that Iowa has for decades failed to meet its legal obligations to Medicaid-eligible children who should have access to individualized and coordinated care plans, in-home therapy and emergency services.

CommUnity Crisis Services will lay off remote employees from 10 states after losing a $6.5 million federal contract. There will be no changes in 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or CommUnity’s other services, including the food bank.

A new resource fair aims to show those in the community they’re not alone.

A new organization designed to help clients focus on mental health wellness is bringing new types of therapy to the area.

The facilities — including one in DeWitt — offer a short-term, homelike, nurturing environment for people who are experiencing a mental health crisis but don’t need immediate medical attention. At respites, patients are treated like guests, proponents say, and can feel heard and keep their dignity without having to relinquish their clothes and other belongings.

Last summer, the phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline was cut to three digits — 988 — to make it easier for people to connect with help. Before the change, the service logged about 12,000 calls per year. After the change, more than 31,000 calls were received in one year.