Mental Health

Staffing shortages in Alabama’s mental health field are raising concerns. Health professionals in the state say the crisis has reduced access to mental health care and provider capacity. The Alabama Department of Mental Health is working to tackle this rising issue.

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The mental health threat posed by the coronavirus is gaining attention. A new study by the Lancet shows 25 percent of British citizens reporting mental…

The U.S. Supreme Court has come down in favor of an Alabama inmate who argued he didn’t have a mental health expert at his trial to help him try and avoid…

The chief psychiatrist for Ohio’s state prison system says Alabama fails to spot mental illness in many of its inmates and lacks the mental health staff…

Mentally ill inmates held in Alabama’s prisons may soon be receiving better care thanks to a federal court.Late last week, U.S. District Judge Myron…

Physical and mental health is the subject of a town hall tomorrow at the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center.A representative from the Veterans Benefits…

The Alabama House has unanimously approved a nearly $6 billion education budget for 2016. All 105 votes from state representatives went towards approving…

Officials with Alabama Psychiatric Services say they are ending their service next week. The company released a statement on their website saying services…

Greil Memorial Psychiatric Hospital will shut its doors as part of a nationwide move to put patients into community-based care.The facility will stop…