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The Republican Standard
- July 18, 2022
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There’s a new three-digit lifeline that people in mental health crises can call or text to get immediate help: 988. Launched nationwide on Saturday, the program was created through bipartisan federal legislation signed in 2020 to address the growing need for suicide prevention. Suicide has been one of the leading causes of death in the […]

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The Republican Standard
- April 17, 2022
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In preliminary results of a mental health survey of first responders released by the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police (VACP), 21 percent of those who completed the survey indicated problems with alcohol, 20 percent had clinically significant scores for anxiety, and 19 percent had clinically significant scores for depression. VACP officials think that understates […]

Eric Burk is a reporter at The Virginia Star and The Star News Network. ...
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The Republican Standard
- August 30, 2018
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Virginia becomes one of two states in the U.S. to require mental health education in high school.