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Wednesday on the Inland Journal podcast, police officers and mental health professionals in Spokane are working together to divert people away from jail.…
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The man who has been running Eastern State Hospital on an interim basis since spring is taking the job permanently.Mark Kettner took over in April as…
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On a recent evening in Vancouver, Washington, more than 80 people gathered at the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. They were...
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This week on Inland Journal, we’ll spend the program talking about treatment for opioid misuse. There’s a lot going on in this field at the local, state…
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Washington legislators have offered a mixed reaction to Governor Jay Inslee's proposal to spend an extra $300 million to add staff and new beds to the…
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Connecticut has built a safety net that will send a child-behavior expert to any daycare or pre-K in the state that's having trouble with a disruptive child.
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School nurses play a critical role in identifying students with mental health disorders, but there aren't enough of them and they often don't have enough training.
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New data shows violence in the home hinders the academic performance of their classmates, too. Reporting domestic violence makes a big difference.
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One of the biggest myths? That children don't kill themselves. It's just not true. Children as young as 5 take their own lives every year.
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Spokane County is one of 20 locales nationwide selected to receive a $150,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation to reduce jail overcrowding. Four…