Archive for mental illness

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Youth suicide on the rise in Kentucky

In Kentucky, suicide is the second-leading cause of injury-related death among those 10 to 24 years old, and ... Read more

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Controversial teen-suicide novel selected for SOKY Reads! program

A young adult novel that inspired a controversial Netflix series about a teenage girl’s suicide will be spotlighted ... Read more

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Proposed bill could help keep mentally ill out of hospitals while receiving assisted outpatient treatment

A Louisville lawmaker is, for the fourth time, attempting to address mental health care in Kentucky with proposed ... Read more

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NAMI-Bowling Green, Wellness Connection help people heal

Vicki Patterson hasn’t always lived a stable life. Now a peer support specialist for the Bowling Green chapter ... Read more

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Expansion of project is geared to help homeless with mental illness

After 10 years as a pilot program in Jefferson, Clinton, Cumberland, McCreary and Wayne counties, the Homelessness Prevention ... Read more