Mental Health Archives - Wisconsin Health News

Meta House eyes expansion

by Sean Kirkby | Jun 13, 2022 | Mental Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Meta House, a substance use disorder and mental health treatment provider in Milwaukee serving women, is planning to expand, with hopes of doubling the number of patients they currently serve in their residential treatment program.

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Evers names members of veterans’ commission

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 26, 2022 | Mental Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Gov. Tony Evers on Monday named members of a new commission tasked with taking on, among other things, mental health and substance use disorder challenges faced by veterans.

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Panel weighs in on enforcing mental health parity, recruiting diverse providers

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 20, 2022 | Mental Health, Top Stories | 0 |

More needs to be done to ensure payment parity for mental health services, especially given the impact of the COVID-19 impact on mental health and the opioid crisis, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor said at a conference Tuesday.

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Panel weighs in on solving mental health workforce challenges

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 15, 2022 | Mental Health, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

Panelists weighed in on possible ways to boost the mental healthcare workforce at a Wisconsin Health News event this week in Milwaukee.

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Granite Hills plans to ramp up capacity by fall

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 14, 2022 | Mental Health, Top Stories | 0 |

A new psychiatric hospital in West Allis hopes to ramp up capacity by fall to help Milwaukee County transition away from the Mental Health Complex.

DHS’ Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center expansion part of broader overhaul

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 8, 2022 | Mental Health, On The Record, Top Stories | 0 |

State officials recently broke ground on an expansion of the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center in Madison, which provides mental health treatment to some of the most troubled people in Wisconsin’s youth justice system.

School districts get $15 million for student mental health

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 7, 2022 | Mental Health, Top Stories | 0 |

More money is heading to nearly every Wisconsin school district for supporting students’ mental health.

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Milwaukee County mental health emergency center on track for September opening

by Sean Kirkby | Apr 4, 2022 | Mental Health, Top Stories | 0 |

The mental health emergency center in Milwaukee County remains on track for opening in September, with most construction on the facility now finished.

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Madison expands emergency mental health crisis response program city-wide

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 30, 2022 | Mental Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Madison has expanded an initiative to respond to nonviolent emergency mental health calls with paramedics and crisis workers.

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Baldwin legislation would expand maternal mental health support

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 22, 2022 | Mental Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Bipartisan federal legislation sponsored by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., would reauthorize and expand a grant program that provides screening and treatment for pregnant and postpartum women with mental health and substance use disorders.

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Milwaukee Mental Health Emergency Center to open in September, rather than May

by Sean Kirkby | Mar 1, 2022 | Mental Health, Top Stories | 0 |

Milwaukee’s Mental Health Emergency Center is projected to open Sept. 6 due to staff recruitment challenges, rather than this spring.

Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health calls for further action

by Sean Kirkby | Jan 12, 2022 | Mental Health, Top Stories | 0 |

The head of the Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health called for further action Tuesday, releasing an annual report that highlights ways the COVID-19 pandemic affected the well-being of children and what the office is doing to help.

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