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 […]