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Funding restored to Maryland youth mental health initiatives
Maryland mental health advocates and providers are relieved coming out of this year’s legislative session, where state lawmakers decided against a drastic cut in funding to the state’s year-old, big-money program aimed at improving the mental health of its young people.
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As Maryland youngsters struggle, some get their best help from peers
When Celia Anthony was a high school sophomore, her fellow students nominated her to be a peer leader in her school’s student-led mental health support and suicide prevention program.
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Other states have tackled youth gambling. Why hasn’t Maryland?
The issue is, that many of those seeking similar help today are far younger than he was.
Nearly one in five Maryland high school students have gambled in the past year, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. In Garrett and Queen Anne’s counties, that rate is close to one in four.
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How one Maryland school district turned around student behavior with ‘restorative practices’
All schools in the county have since implemented restorative practices, with many ramping up their effort in the past two years. The recent ramp-up included dozens of professional development days in the summer of 2023 for faculty and staff, who then introduced “community-building circles” where students and teachers can discuss issues within each school.
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Maryland spent big on youth mental health — but then the budget crisis hit
Catholic Charities of Baltimore won state grants to fight chronic absenteeism in three Maryland public school districts by connecting troubled students with the mental health services they need.
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Protecting the mental health of Maryland police officers
Maryland police officers who are dealing with stressors — such as family issues, substance abuse or mass protests — will have access to confidential mental health aid under a bill progressing in the state Legislature.
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Time to adopt an enhancing mindset to improve mental health during isolation
At this vital moment in history, we can either let the pandemic-induced stress make lyrics of a Pink Floyd song, Time, “shorter of breath and one day closer to death” come true or adopt a stress-is-enhancing mindset, which can have positive consequences related to improved health and work performance.
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COVID-19 Crisis is Exerting a Mental Health Toll On All Of Us
During these precarious times, all of us need to be more vigilant about our mental health and we must take adequate care of ourselves because that is the only aspect of life over which we have control.
Read MoreMental health advocates outraged by lack of state funding for psychiatric care, cuts in governor’s budget
Despite general agreement on the need for more mental health services to prevent gun violence, providers argue that the state’s psychiatric services are woefully underfunded and that the General Assembly has done little to address this problem. They were particularly shocked that the governor revoked $7.2 million of funding for mental health in his supplemental budget this week.
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