Latest Mental health News
Airline passenger honored for tackling man in flight attack
EXETER, N.H. (AP) — An airline passenger who helped tackle a man trying stab a flight attendant with a broken metal spoon was honored Friday by his hometown police department in New Hampshire. Jeff Neil, a former bouncer who now works for a software company, received the “Citizen...
Man drives at pedestrians inside German airport garage
BERLIN (AP) — A motorist drove at pedestrians and rammed parked cars on Friday in a parking garage at Cologne-Bonn Airport in western Germany, injuring three people slightly, police said. Two police officers also were slightly hurt as they pinned down the 57-year-old man, who...
Georgia Senate unveils new mental health bill at late hour
ATLANTA (AP) — An effort to make more changes to Georgia's mental health system could stall in the closing days of the 2023 legislative session even though a Senate committee on Wednesday unveiled a rewritten bill that House sponsors and advocates found broadly acceptable. That's...
North Dakota House passes school gender pronoun prohibition
Public schools and state agencies in North Dakota would be prohibited from referring to students and employees by any pronouns that don't reflect the sex assigned to them at birth, under a bill approved by the legislature. The House approved the bill 60-32 on Wednesday. It passed...
Louisville expanding year-old 911 police diversion program
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Louisville pilot program that diverts some 911 emergency calls to mental health professionals is expanding to a citywide service, Mayor Craig Greenberg said. The pilot program, called the Crisis Call Diversion Program, was launched a year ago in a single...
'Ted Lasso' visits White House, promotes mental health care
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso used a White House visit Monday to encourage people, even in politically divided Washington, to make it a point to check in often with friends, family and co-workers to "ask how they're doing, and listen, sincerely,” Comedian...
California to seek beds for mental health, drug treatment
SAN DIEGO (AP) — California voters would decide whether to fund a major expansion of housing and treatment for residents suffering from mental illness and addiction, under the latest proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom to address the state's homelessness crisis. Newsom announced Sunday...
Bidens to host 'Ted Lasso' cast to promote mental health
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will host the cast of the TV series “Ted Lasso” at the White House on Monday to promote mental health and well-being. Jason Sudeikis, who plays the title character — an American coaching a soccer team in...
Marshall University group pairs gardening with mental health
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — The first of several sessions of a “nature-focused therapy group” at Marshall University met recently with 13 student participants. That’s how Tiffany Bowes, a mental health specialist in Marshall’s Counseling Center, describes Gro Garden Therapy,...
Videos show tense standoff before fatal NJ police shooting
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A five-hour-long standoff between police in Paterson, New Jersey, and a well-known anti-violence worker in the city — that ended with officers fatally shooting him in his brother's apartment — began with sobbing pleas from the man’s mother to end the ordeal. ...
