The Missouri Suicide Prevention Network has rolled out the Suicide Prevention and 988 Guide for schools to use as a resource. Anthony Morabith chats with Dr. Bart Andrews at Behavioral Health Response in St. Louis on what you need to know.
The Missouri Legislature’s Task Force on Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment is holding monthly meetings to brainstorm ways to fight drug abuse. It is continuing its work from last year to help Missourians battling addiction. Dr. Angeline Stanislaus, with the...
The state Senate has given initial approval to legislation that would create a prescribed pediatric extended-care center license issued by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). The bill from Sen. Rusty Black, R-Chillicothe, focuses on providing...
Employee recruitment and retention continues to be a problem at the Missouri Department of Mental Health. Valerie Huhn, the department’s director, told a panel of state lawmakers that workforce is the most significant barrier to the department performing the services...
A taskforce of lawmakers has been meeting monthly since the summer to better understand Missouri’s substance abuse crisis and find ways to address it. Doug Burgess, an addiction psychiatry professor at University Health in Kansas City, said step one towards treating...
