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Louisville expanding an emergency mental health response service
LOUISVILLE — Kentucky’s largest city is expanding a program that directs certain mental health 911 calls away from police. Louisville’s two-year-old Crisis Call Diversion Program will begin operating 24/7...
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The anatomy of Kentucky’s blood supply, and why more need to donate
Quintissa Peake, like many people, doesn’t like needles. But the Letcher County woman can’t choose to avoid them. She lives with sickle cell anemia, a genetic blood disorder that...
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Storms bring ‘hornet in the belly’ to Kentuckians who have lived through weather disasters
The storms that swept through Kentucky over Memorial Day weekend can be triggering and compound trauma for those who have lived through bad weather before, mental health experts say. ...
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Kentuckians’ access to mental health care lags. Paying providers more would help, says report.
Kentuckians are far more likely to pay out of pocket for mental and behavioral health services than for surgical or other medical care. This insight comes from a recent...
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U.S. Department of Justice investigating Kentucky DJJ
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a civil rights investigation into the conditions at eight of the youth detention centers and one development center in the Kentucky Department...
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Anthem Medicaid makes mental health wellness course available to 17 Kentucky schools
This story mentions suicide. If you or someone you know is contemplating suicide, please call or text the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. LOUISVILLE — Anthem Medicaid...
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Eight suicides in a month make for ‘mental health crisis’ in PIke
Pike County (Wikipedia map) By Stan Ingold, WEKU Officials in Eastern Kentucky are dealing with what they are calling a “mental health crisis.” In Pike County, over the last...
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State’s high maternal-death rate gets study; pregnancy-related deaths mostly from violence, substance use, anxiety, depression
UK researchers studying the state’s high maternal-mortality rate include (front row, left to right) Anna Chamberlain, Ann Coker, Linda Berry, Heather Bush; (back, left to right) John O’Brien, Cynthia...
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Plan for a mental health juvenile detention facility advances in Kentucky legislature
FRANKFORT — A Kentucky House committee unanimously moved forward a bill that would establish a special mental health juvenile detention facility for housing “high acuity” youth, a move the...
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State Senate restores most Medicaid cuts made in the House
Dr. Bill Collins treats a patient at the Red Bird Mission dentalclinic in Clay County. The Senate budget would increasedentists’ Medicaid fees. (Ky. Lantern photo by Deborah Yetter) By...