Tag: MENTAL HEALTH

If districts are formally asserting that digital platforms harm children, why are elements of that same ecosystem embedded into the mandatory structure of the school day?

Across Alabama, public schools are being quietly transformed under the banner of mental health reform.

We routinely find our beloved state ranked among the worst in the nation by external studies. Yet even our own Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services (ACES) releases well-researched reports showing problems in Alabama’s Department of Mental Health (ADMH). 

Social workers play a vital role in every Alabama community, connecting adults, seniors and children to resources such as after-school programs, community centers, and in-home care.

Military veterans deserve more than simple words of gratitude – they deserve timely, effective care, especially when it comes to mental health.

Whether or not Hollywood dies a slow natural death on its own – as it seems to currently be doing – or if it’s killed off by tariffs as many movie executives fear, it has accomplished a lot in terms of influence over the years … for better or for worse.

We need counselors and teachers who know our kids, not corporate psychiatrists, creating files and prescriptions behind closed doors.  

U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) recently filed legislation in the Senate to update federal law surrounding online data collection and advertisements directed at children and teens.

As Democrat voters face the reality that President Joe Biden’s mental decline might have cost them the election, leadership is scrambling to save face by denying they worked hard to cover up one of the worst-kept secrets on Capital Hill.

Peeping behind the curtain reveals that SEL is nothing more than unlicensed therapy shoved down your child’s throat on a daily basis in public school.

On this World Mental Health Day, let’s celebrate how far we’ve come, but let’s also stay focused on the work ahead.

U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) introduced the Stop the Scroll Act, which would create a mental health warning label requirement for social media platforms, on Tuesday. 

The need for substance abuse treatment far outpaces available services, and the homeless crisis is driven by too many poor souls in desperate need of unavailable mental healthcare. Military Veterans are more acutely affected.

As loved ones prepare to lay to rest a Fairhope Police officer who died last week after suffering from mental illness, Baldwin County Sheriff Huey “Hoss” Mack explained how local law enforcement can be impacted heavily by the mental health crisis.

"Johnny Football" is coming to Alabama this fall to speak on mental health and substance abuse, two issues he has struggled with in his journey from Heisman winner to the NFL and beyond.

The Leeds Police chief confirmed a man was taken into custody late Thursday after a mental breakdown Thursday at Bass Pro Shops in Leeds.

U.S. Senator Tuberville names Spc. Matt Brannon as Veteran of the Month

After weeks of anxiety and many unknowns, I turned to my physician for help rather than my pastor. I know that in some instances we need both, but my situation proved otherwise.

Former NFL quarterback and 1997 Heisman Trophy finalist Ryan Leaf spoke at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Mountain Brook on Thursday about his struggle with opioid addiction. 

Years of work and legislation to support law enforcement dealing with the mental health crisis in Alabama are paying off statewide.

We are seeing the government create wars in the minds of our children.

And then, the weight of what our elected officials continue to do to all of our children smacked me. Hard. Because it is the opposite of protecting.

In an interview that aired Tuesday on NBC's "Today Show," University of Alabama head coach Nick Saban touched on the mental health side of college athletics.

Concerns linger for children 14 and older who can have unsupervised consultation with school mental health counselors without the knowledge or consent of parents.

There is good news and bad news from the latest Annie. E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Book.

An Alabama man is trying to address the mental health issues and stresses faced by law enforcement in the state.

The Alabama House of Representatives passed legislation that would authorize the state to pay for 142 mental health coordinators for...