Proposed State Budget Great Opportunity for Mental Health

[Condensed from our opinion column published March 2, 2020 in the Richmond Times Dispatch.] Virginia ranks 37th out of 51 states and the District of Columbia in terms of ease of access to mental health care. For years Virginia has funded hospital beds at the expense...

College Student Mental Health

“We’re overwhelmed.” I heard this over and over from college counselors who stopped by our exhibit table at the Virginia Counselors Association conference last month. At both public and private universities, in rural and urban areas of Virginia, the number of students...

Victories Should be Celebrated

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Atlas 42 in Innsbrook (4032-A Cox Road, Glen Allen, VA) Click here for tickets and/or to make a donation. “These teens saw how poor mental health hurt their peers. So they got a law passed.” (The Washington Post 4/23/18 ) Senator Creigh Deeds with...