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Virginia

Framework being developed for social workers to intervene, prevent suicide

Crystal Graham
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Virginia

SAMHSA’s push toward involuntary treatment for mental health ‘deeply concerning’

Crystal Graham
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Harrisonburg | Police officers to team up with mental-health professional for crisis calls

Crystal Graham
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Local, Virginia

World Suicide Prevention Day | ‘It’s important to know you are not alone’

Crystal Graham
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Virginia

Today in POTUS | Trump, friend of Hannibal Lecter, wants to reopen insane asylums

Chris Graham
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Virginia

Alarming trend? | Study finds AI guilty of encouraging self harm in children

Rebecca Barnabi
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Virginia

Staunton | City leaders hear from VCSB about Crisis Receiving Center set to open in 2027

Rebecca Barnabi
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Virginia

Nine months after it faced closure, ARROW Project celebrates powerful turnaround

Crystal Graham
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Virginia

Virginia | $13M in grants awarded to expand community-based crisis services

Crystal Graham
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Politics

The New Gulag: Mental health detentions and the criminalization of dissent

John Whitehead
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