Mental Health services

While MetroHealth opens its new behavioral health center in Cleveland Heights this week, the fate of Cleveland’s only 24-hour psychiatric emergency room is still being debated. After Nov. 15—when St. Vincent Charity Medical Center’s psych ER is scheduled to close—nurses will be without jobs and a facility tailored to the needs of people in crisis will shut its doors.

The future of Cleveland’s only psychiatric ER is in doubt after St. Vincent Charity Medical Center officials announced last week the looming closure of ER and inpatient service. Instead, St. Vincent will offer urgent care services on the site after Nov. 15.

Cleveland police have specially trained crisis intervention officers and a co-responder pilot program; advocates want more.

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Meg Hartz spent four years trying to secure comprehensive mental health care for her son, and she believes he could have avoided in-patient treatment if she would not have faced so many delays and roadblocks.

Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is supporting a federal proposal to reform police. The Justice in Policing Act calls for greater accountability and better…

According to recent studies, depression continues to increase year-to-year in the college population. Kent State is working to expand counseling services…

Improving results in addiction and mental health treatment was the goal of an all-day gathering Tuesday at Walsh University in North Canton. The event…