Mental Health
Deputies trained for 'active shooters,' but budgets limit solutions to violence
Our nation and community have focused on recent mass murders and the need for effective prevention and response strategies. Meaningful steps to reduce mass killings requires improving measures to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals and the dangerously mentally ill; plugging gaps in our...
Mental Health
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MENTAL HEALTH
Solutions for homeless people who are mentally ill?
A reader asks: I once a saw a statistic stating that approximately 1/3 of the homeless people in our country have mental health problems. As a consequence, many cannot hold jobs to provide housing for themselves. Besides privately run places, where do people in these circumstances go? Are...
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MENTAL HEALTH
Join our community conversation about mental health
What are the most pressing issues in our community with regards to mental health? We invite you to be part of a continuing community conversation about Whatcom County mental health problems and solutions.
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MENTAL HEALTH
After Newtown: A community conversation about mental health
Law enforcement officials, mental health experts, educators, parents and concerned citizens will come together at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at Bellingham High School Auditorium for a public conversation on how we can help troubled young people and their families in communities throughout Whatcom ...


