The holidays can be a stressful time for anyone, but especially for someone struggling with mental illness. We pulled from…
Virginia C.O.P.E.S.: A RetrospectiveRachel Beck-Berman, MHAV Virginia C.O.P.E.S. Team Lead Virginia residents are entering the twentieth month of the COVID-19…
Mental Health America (MHA) has released the State of Mental Health in America report for 2022, which ranks all 50 states…
The lack of mental health care providers is a problem in most of the U.S. It’s become…
Mental Health America’s affiliate in Charlottesville, VA, Partner for Mental Health, has been leading an effort to get the CDC…
Bruce Cruser, Executive Director, and Cheryl DeHaven, PRS Warm Line Manager Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, our peer run Warm…
Romantha Turner-Miller, BSN RN-CEN Background Considering the state as a whole, Virginia has a very low rate of youth in…
Overcrowding at Virginia’s nine state psychiatric hospitals has renewed calls for the state to build more hospitals. The state hospitals…
Romantha Turner-Miller, BSN RN-CEN May 11, 2021 While recognizing exactly what ugliness this pandemic has meant for our individual and…
Virginia increases justice for those with a mental health, developmental or intellectual disability A highlight from the recent state legislative…