Another View — Ellie Coe: Talking about mental illness makes a real difference March 14, 2017 Editor’s Note: Throughout the year, in partnership with Change Direction NH, the Union Leader is publishing a monthly series of mental health stories written by Granite Staters. I change mental health, End Stigma, Treatment Works Read more
Backlog of behavioral health patients constrains Concord Hospital Emergency Department February 26, 2017 By ELLA NILSEN Concord Monitor Saturday, February 25, 2017 On a Concord Hospital Emergency Department wall, two large computer screens flash with brightly colored bar graphs, tracking Read more
N.H. struggling to solve a psychiatric problem that’s been years in the making February 26, 2017 By ALLIE MORRIS Concord Monitor Saturday, February 25, 2017 Four years ago, mental health workers called a press conference to ring the alarm. On any given day, nine Read more
Treating the Whole Patient January 26, 2017 By Autumn Heisler ADVANCE FOR NURSING – January 2017 Concord Hospital integrates behavioral health model into care WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT mental, behavioral, physical and social factors affect a Integrated Health Read more
‘Choices’ Program Aims to Help Teens Overcome Addiction Early in Lives January 4, 2017 NHPR Wednesday, January 4, 2017 By RICK GANLEY & MICHAEL BRINDLEY A new treatment program for adolescents battling drug and alcohol addiction opens in Concord Wednesday. The program is called Choices, and addiction treatment Read more
New treatment programs focus on underserved populations January 3, 2017 By ELLA NILSEN Monitor staff Tuesday, January 03, 2017 As state health officials scramble to help open more drug and alcohol treatment programs and sober houses, certain segments addiction treatment Read more
Change Direction discussion highlights connection between mental health issues and addiction November 17, 2016 By ELLA NILSEN Monitor staff – Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Twenty years ago, when someone seeking mental health treatment in New Hampshire went to get help, the person change mental health, Treatment Works Read more