Mental Health /tags/mental-health Mental Health en-US Copyright Fri, 05 Sep 2025 22:15:59 GMT UNM’s Project ECHO seeks to help the youth mental health crisis /local-news/2025-09-05/mental-health-youth-healthcare-shortage-unm-echo New numbers highlight the shortage of school-based mental health professionals in New Mexico. The University of New Mexico’s Project ECHO has launched a program seeking to target these gaps by mentoring those working directly with kids. Fri, 05 Sep 2025 22:15:59 GMT /local-news/2025-09-05/mental-health-youth-healthcare-shortage-unm-echo Taylor Velazquez Annual community walk for suicide prevention will focus on reducing stigma /local-news/2025-09-03/community-walk-suicide-prevention-stigma-mental-health September marks Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and suicide remains a serious problem in New Mexico. Wed, 03 Sep 2025 23:05:49 GMT /local-news/2025-09-03/community-walk-suicide-prevention-stigma-mental-health Taylor Velazquez American children have more access to firearms and they’re bringing them to school /local-news/2025-08-27/american-children-more-access-firearms-bringing-to-school Last Thursday, five guns were found at three different high schools across Albuquerque, just two weeks into the new school year. So why are children feeling the need to bring firearms to school? Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:02:23 GMT /local-news/2025-08-27/american-children-more-access-firearms-bringing-to-school Mia Casas UNM researcher says more psychologists, not police, would boost school safety /local-news/2025-06-20/school-safety-police-consitution-rights-mental-health New research from the University of New Mexico advocates for adding more psychologists in schools and expanding their roles to promote safety. °µºÚÍø spoke with UNM Law School Professor and report author Maryam Ahranjani about how education systems could benefit from moving away from heavy policing focusing on mental health. Fri, 20 Jun 2025 20:09:10 GMT /local-news/2025-06-20/school-safety-police-consitution-rights-mental-health Taylor Velazquez New Mexico joins other blue states locking up more people with mental illness /local-news/2025-03-13/new-mexico-joins-other-blue-states-locking-up-more-people-with-mental-illness New public safety legislation signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham last month empowers courts to involuntarily commit more people found incompetent to stand trial, and also expands judges' options for community restoration and treatment. Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:44:51 GMT /local-news/2025-03-13/new-mexico-joins-other-blue-states-locking-up-more-people-with-mental-illness Alice Fordham Juveniles may get more access to medication to treat addiction as a bill advances in the legislature /MAT-Medication-assisted-treatment-for young-people-youth-juveniles-adolescents-bill-nm-new-mexico-passes More adolescents might have access to Medication Assisted Treatment, or MAT, for substance use disorder thanks to a bill that passed committee on a party line vote Friday. Tue, 11 Feb 2025 03:22:16 GMT /MAT-Medication-assisted-treatment-for young-people-youth-juveniles-adolescents-bill-nm-new-mexico-passes Daniel Montaño More mental health support may be coming to schools across the state /mental-health-rooms-in-schools-nm-new-mexico-youth-kids-house-bill-58-HB58 Legislation that would appropriate more than $2 million to expand mental health access in schools made it past its first hurdle Wednesday with strong bipartisan support. Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:44:55 GMT /mental-health-rooms-in-schools-nm-new-mexico-youth-kids-house-bill-58-HB58 Daniel Montaño Top officials celebrate new mental health emergency room /news/2024-06-14/top-officials-celebrate-new-mental-health-emergency-room A brand-new facility that will treat mental health emergencies will begin taking patients on Tuesday June 18, and some of the state’s top officials celebrated the center in a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday. Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:53:19 GMT /news/2024-06-14/top-officials-celebrate-new-mental-health-emergency-room Daniel Montaño Governor eyes special session and license requirement for panhandling in NMPBS interview /local-news/2024-04-08/governor-eyes-special-session-and-license-requirement-for-panhandling-in-nmpbs-interview Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham still says there is a high likelihood that she’ll call a special legislative session this year to try to get more public safety bills on the books.One of those laws could require people who panhandle to get business licenses. Mon, 08 Apr 2024 23:00:33 GMT /local-news/2024-04-08/governor-eyes-special-session-and-license-requirement-for-panhandling-in-nmpbs-interview Megan Myscofski Professor works to create a mental health center in the West Bank /show/university-showcase/2023-12-15/professor-works-to-create-a-mental-health-center-in-the-west-bank On this episode we talk about traumatic stress in conflict areas with Lori Rudolph, whose research has focused on the West Bank of Palestine. Fri, 15 Dec 2023 15:22:10 GMT /show/university-showcase/2023-12-15/professor-works-to-create-a-mental-health-center-in-the-west-bank Megan Kamerick