Mental Health /tags/mental-health Mental Health en-US Copyright Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:44:51 GMT 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 Film tackling schizophrenia comes to Albuquerque Music & Film Experience /local-news/2023-09-27/film-tackling-schizophrenia-comes-to-albuquerque-music-film-experience The film shows how a family handles the diagnosis of schizophrenia in their youngest sibling. 91 sat down with director Alethea Root-Dufraine and actor and co-producer Jules Bruff. Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:59:42 GMT /local-news/2023-09-27/film-tackling-schizophrenia-comes-to-albuquerque-music-film-experience Mia Casas Let's talk about social media's impact on mental health /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-09-19/lets-talk-about-social-medias-impact-on-mental-health Social media has become a common way for people to communicate and share ideas. However, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory earlier this year about the effects of social media use on young people and their mental health after use of platforms has become nearly universal. Tue, 19 Sep 2023 20:53:31 GMT /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-09-19/lets-talk-about-social-medias-impact-on-mental-health Taylor Velazquez Let's talk about the youth mental health crisis /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-08-04/lets-talk-about-the-youth-mental-health-crisis Back to school season can be stressful for students and according to national statistics, kids in the U.S. are experiencing a mental health crisis. New Mexico ranks 47th in youth mental health, with about 1 in 5 kids experiencing depression. On the next Let’s Talk New Mexico, we’ll discuss how mental health is key to student success. Fri, 04 Aug 2023 22:01:50 GMT /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-08-04/lets-talk-about-the-youth-mental-health-crisis Taylor Velazquez Let's Talk about NM's behavioral health care system, a decade after it fell apart /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-06-26/lets-talk-about-our-behavioral-healthcare-system-a-decade-after-it-fell-apart Ten years ago then-Governor Susana Martinez froze the Medicaid funding of 15 behavioral health agencies in New Mexico after the state Human Services Department said an audit found “credible allegations of fraud.” While all the accused providers were later cleared by the attorney general, the incident severely disrupted the state’s behavioral health care system. On the next Let's Talk New Mexico we'll ask, "where are we now with our behavioral health care system?" Mon, 26 Jun 2023 19:24:06 GMT /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2023-06-26/lets-talk-about-our-behavioral-healthcare-system-a-decade-after-it-fell-apart Nash Jones