Mental Health

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline launched in July 2022 to provide 24/7 support for Ohioans experiencing mental health or addiction crises.

We will learn more about the county boards that run these programs and distribute levy money.

The artificial intelligence hologram named Mia is designed to ask for advice, allowing kids to share what they've learned and become mentors.

Thanks in part to a $90 million investment of COVID-relief funds, new behavioral health facilities are popping up across Ohio. Now, they need workers.

There are 1,666 blue trees registered globally with the Blue Tree Project, an international mental health campaign.

At Fox Run, one of Ohio’s largest youth residential treatment centers, kids and former staff detail a litany of trauma.

The Keep Them Safe Act allows a person struggling with suicidal thoughts or other mental health emergencies to temporarily store their firearms with federally registered gun dealers or law enforcement officers.

Newly passed Ohio gun legislation will give a safe storage option for gun owners in crisis.

Sen. Willis Blackshear (D-Dayton) said he hopes his trek will draw attention to the issue of mental health.

Issue 5 on the May 5 primary ballot asks voters if they want to establish a team of clinicians and social workers to respond to non-violent crises in place of police officers.