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How can police better respond to mental health crises? New Hampshire’s review process stops short compared to neighboring states.
02-17-2024 6:45 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNANand CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Shandi Elliott refuses to call the police when her teenage son faces a mental health crisis. She doesn’t want her son to end up arrested or hurt. Instead, she pins her hopes on the state’s mobile crisis unit to step in and help de-escalate the...


Year in review: State restructures its mental health system 
12-27-2023 5:25 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Longstanding deficiencies with the state’s mental health system may have reached a turning point in 2023 as government and industry leaders worked to address issues such as timely access to care and a new investment of resources.One lingering problem...


Partnership between state prison and NAMI NH aims to help incarcerated individuals
12-22-2023 2:29 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Prison officers will receive training from the National Alliance on Mental Illness of New Hampshire to better support incarcerated individuals facing mental health challenges.Funded by a state grant, the initiative aims to create a correctional...


Working and walking for open conversations about mental health
09-29-2023 5:23 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Sara Hoey knows the profound pain of losing her only child. Laura Christy endured the sorrow of saying goodbye to her beloved husband. Lauranne Wingard, in her own way, has suffered the loss of her childhood.What unites the three women is the presence...


Collaborative efforts in mental health crises may yield better outcomes
09-19-2023 7:15 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Lisa Madden sees progress in the state’s collaborative efforts to better handle and de-escalate volatile mental health crisis situations without the use of deadly force.By engaging in collaborative efforts and leveraging the expertise of both law...


New strategy unveiled to transform state’s mental health care 
09-07-2023 4:54 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

In a move to restructure New Hampshire’s mental health system, state officials are making investments aimed at eliminating the longstanding practice of boarding patients with mental illness in hospital emergency departments.As part of the “Mission...


Psychiatric emergency boarding to be phased out in NH hospitals
05-20-2023 3:19 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

A decade of overwhelming challenges in New Hampshire’s mental health sector has reached a milestone after a federal judge ruled that the state must cease the practice of prolonged confinement for psychiatric patients in hospital emergency rooms.“I am...


Hampstead Hospital best site to replace Sununu Youth Services Center
04-28-2023 5:06 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

After evaluating potential locations, a state-commissioned firm has recommended Hampstead Hospital and Residential Treatment Facility as the best site for replacing the Sununu Youth Services Center.The new facility will serve as a secure and...


NH mental health leader present for Biden’s State of the Union speech
02-09-2023 7:15 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Hearing President Joe Biden address mental health to the entire nation was an important night for Susan Stearns.“Each of us can be ambassadors and have a role to play in dispelling stigma, and ensuring folks hang on to hope, seek the care that they...


In New Hampshire, 16% of police officers are trained to handle mental health emergencies
01-21-2023 5:00 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Just a fraction of the state’s police officers have completed training that is considered the “gold standard” for law enforcement to better respond to mental health emergency calls.About 16% of all 2,900 sworn police officers in New Hampshire have...

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