mental health

"It can be pretty emotionally damaging to have to go through these experiences,” Trey Malone with Purdue University said.

A House committee approved House Bill 1385. It applies specifically to peer recovery coaches certified through the Division of Mental Health and Addiction.

Phoenix Paramedic Solutions CEO and President Nathaniel Metz said the presence of peer support professionals — and how he restructured his organization to support them — has had a positive impact on paramedics and EMTs.

Nearly 90 percent of study participants said they did not want to interact with emergency services, including police — and 80 percent said they didn’t want to be hospitalized.

A multi-agency rapid response team has assisted more than 20 children and their families, state officials shared, by “finding an appropriate placement and connecting to needed services, helping to stabilize crisis situations.”

New funding aims to improve access to mental health services at community health clinics in Indiana.

Untreated mental illness cost Indiana more than $4 billion in 2019. Mental health staffing shortages play a role in that, according to Indiana University researchers who published a new guide with recommendations to address the issue.

Indiana launched its 988 suicide and crisis lifeline in 2022.

Additional data shows nearly half of girls in seventh to 12th grade felt sad or hopeless for more than two weeks in 2022, and nearly a quarter said they seriously considered taking their own lives.

It’s been an active extreme weather event season in the Midwest – from heat to flooding to tornadoes. And that’s leaving a trail of damage but also a potentially long-lasting health impact.