NH Bulletin – December 19, 2024 By MATT FOWLER (Allison Doyle, LMFT, Dave Meichsner, LICSW, Heidi Page, LICSW, and Shawn Hassell, LMFT, of Clinicians United New Hampshire contributed to this commentary.) […]
Opinion: Bode Miller film, The Paradise Paradox, highlights mental health struggles in ski towns
Jim Doremus is chair of the board at Riverbend Community Mental Health. He lives in Henniker. Mental health is a serious concern in every corner of the Granite State, but […]
More Than $1M Distributed to New Hampshire Youth for Summer Camp
CONCORD, NH (April 26, 2024) — In just three months, the New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) has disbursed more than $1 million in scholarships so that Granite State children […]
ReKINDling Curiosity Program Embraces Childhood
CONCORD, NH — Today, the New Hampshire Department of Education launched its fourth year of ReKINDling Curiosity – a program that encourages and provides financial assistance so that every child […]
Mental health centers seek higher Medicaid rates
https://sports.yahoo.com/mental-health-centers-seek-higher-225600943.html Apr. 11—CONCORD — Community mental health center leaders urged the state Senate and Gov. Chris Sununu to approve Medicaid rate increases even higher than those contained in the […]
Commentary: Medicaid expansion should be permanent in NH
Seacoast Online In 2016, advocates for persons with mental illness and those dealing with addiction, including the NH Community Behavioral Health Association (CBHA), declared that Medicaid expansion was the most […]
Stigma around mental illness needs to be dismantled
Anyone who gets a first-hand glimpse into experiencing the health challenges brought on by mental illness soon comes to see how often these afflictions and the people who face them […]
Opinion: Community Behavioral Health Association marks 20 years
CBHA was established because there was no other statewide organization in New Hampshire in 2002 with both a mission and a vision that aligned with the unique needs of those […]
With millions in grants, Nashua and Upper Valley mental-health centers hope to expand services
https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2022-09-27/nashua-and-upper-valley-new-hampshire-mental-health-centers-hope-to-expand-services Two community mental health centers in New Hampshire are getting sizable federal grants to improve and expand their services. Greater Nashua Mental Health and West Central Behavioral Health, […]
‘A real turning point’: Mobile crisis units offer new tool in mental health treatment
For years, getting help during a mental health emergency usually began with two options, neither ideal and both often harmful: A call to police or a trip to the emergency […]