mental health

The Montana Office of Public Instruction recently released the results of the 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Survey.

No figures on wildland firefighter suicides are available because federal agencies often track only fatalities that occur during work hours, and families don’t always release a cause of death.

The man suspected of leaving suspicious packages in front of the Q2 studio in downtown Billings Monday has been taken to Billings Clinic for mental health evaluation. Billings Police said Tuesday the as-yet-unidentified 40-year-old man was cooperative...

Wednesday’s mass shooting at a Florida high school has most of Montana’s congressional delegation and 2018 federal candidates speaking about mental health reform, but few supporting any kind of gun control. The 19-year-old Florida gunman– with a legally purchased semiautomatic assault rifle– killed 17 people Wednesday at a Broward County high school...

Already struggling with cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates, the South Central Montana Regional Mental Health Center– with offices from Billings to Lewiston– is facing even deeper cuts. The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services is proposing revisions to three codes related to chemical dependency services that will affect reimbursement rates...

The Governor’s office and the Department of Health and Human Services have decided to direct the cuts at provider pay

According to a report in the Billings Gazette, a 2015 survey showed 18 percent of Montana students had considered taking their own lives, and almost 9 percent of those participating in the anonymous survey had attempted suicide.  As a result, Billings teachers and counselors could have the faces and names of those students next year when School District 2 rolls out a new program...

On Tuesday and Wednesday, Missoula County will host a two-day summit that will bring together over 40 community leaders and healthcare advocates to create an integrated Collaborative Care Plan for the county.