Julie Daurio/NJ Spotlight NewsOne phone call brings help to New Jerseyans in need. Next step: Pay for treatment centers as emergency room alternative
Julie Daurio/NJ Spotlight NewsOne phone call brings help to New Jerseyans in need. Next step: Pay for treatment centers as emergency room alternative
(NJ Spotlight News)Hunterdon Central Regional High School board voted against renewing contract with provider
(AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)Cost was a factor in decision by Hunterdon Central Regional High School board
(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)NJ4S gets positive reviews, but some say students need more care options
(Bobby Brier/NJ Spotlight News)Parents and experts say lack of adequately coordinated services is a systemic weakness
(AP Photo/Eric Gay)Long-delayed regulations would allow medical and behavioral health services in same office
(Bobby Brier/NJ Spotlight News)New Jersey’s homeless population has grown 24% since last year
(Lowlova under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Openverse)Research shows rates of childhood depression and anxiety symptoms doubled during the pandemic
(AP Photo/Thibault Camus)Program looks to aid those with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health disorders
(Anthony Camerlo on Unsplash)A Senate committee is set to discuss legislation that would require better services
NJ Spotlight NewsThe organization received a $350K grant from the state Department of Corrections

Interview: Ann Murphy, Mental Health Technology Transfer Center at Rutgers University

National Governors Association meets in Atlantic City
(NJ Spotlight News)Nearly all colleges, universities to offer on-demand telehealth services
(Rudy and Peter Skitterians from Pixabay)More teens are in shelters. NJ looks to train workers to get them into needed programs

Child psychiatry ‘is the most underserved of all the medical specialties’

One aim is to give better access to mental health treatment

Sen. Cory Booker helped negotiate agreement between some Democrats and Republicans on gun safety measures

US Rep. Mikie Sherrill takes part in roundtable discussion on suicide prevention in NJ
(NJ Spotlight News)At the YMCA in Somerville on Veterans Day, the subject was, appropriately enough, veterans themselves — the problems they face and what is being done ...