Mental Health

A Mount Pleasant couple asked the state to simplify the process of getting psychiatric care for children in crisis while testifying before Michigan…

One Michigan sheriff says reforms to assist the mentally ill outside of local jails are essential, calling Michigan’s mental health system…

The University of Michigan has received a roughly $7-million grant to study the connection between poverty, and depression and anxiety.The grant comes…

Michigan could soon have a statewide hotline to connect people with mental health issues with resources to help them.Under legislation in the state house,…

Nearly three hundred mental health counselors filled a hearing room in Lansing Friday.Hundreds more rallied outside to oppose a proposed change in the…

Michigan has received half-a-million dollars to expand its integrated care program for Medicaid beneficiaries.The program provides both physical and…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services granted a combined $5,511,000 to clinics across Michigan to improve mental health services. 33 health…

A recent study found that 1.76 million people in Michigan have a mental health illness, but 38 percent of those affected don’t get treatment. Officials…

Between snowdays and flu season, schools are looking for new ways to keep kids in the classroom. Boyne City Public Schools may have a solution. Boyne City…

A grant has been awarded for a new program in Midland aimed at addressing loneliness in elderly people. Medical officials said loneliness can be a mental…