Health
Minnesota’s suicide rate continues to rise, and it’s higher in Greater Minnesota than the metro
Minnesota’s suicide rate has been on a slow, steady rise for nearly two decades.
mental health
Mental Health & Addiction
Advocates address deep distrust of mental health care among African-Americans
Only one in three African-Americans who need mental health care receives it, according to the American Psychiatric Association.
Second Opinion
Gallup: the world is stressed, worried, sad and in pain
Last year, global levels of unhappiness reached their highest point in more than a decade, according to the latest annual Gallup Global Emotions report, which was released earlier this week.
Artscape
New stuff at the Fair; Shakespeare in Winona; Sebastian Junger in October
ALSO: Hernán Diaz at Open Book; Open Streets at Lake + Minnehaha; and the Floating Library at Lake Phalen.
Community Voices
Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain and Minnesota’s rising suicide rate: Now is the time for a better mental health system
If there is a glimmer of hope amid terrible news, it’s that people are talking about mental health. And where there is conversation, there is hope that more awareness and understanding of mental health is coming.
Mental Health & Addiction
Jazz advocacy: Guitarist Sam Miltich teaches mental-health tolerance with music
Beginning in June, Miltich will tour Minnesota with a conversation-and-performance project titled “The Improvised Life: Exploring Intersections of Mental Health and Creativity Through Jazz.”
Health
At an Edina clinic, a controversial treatment for depression: ketamine
The Minnesota Ketamine Clinic is among a small number of places in the U.S. offering the treatment — a practice that is divisive within the psychiatric community.
Politics & Policy
Minnesota is considering doubling its number of rural mental health counselors. To two.
Ted Matthews might have the toughest job in the state of Minnesota.
Community Voices
The mental health crisis in rural Minnesota: Ways to start addressing it
Barriers to receiving mental health treatment are often intensified in rural Minnesota. How many more crises will occur before we address the treatment gap there?
Community Voices
Mental health is community health
At Mental Health Day on the Hill we’re advocating for parity and equity so that all individuals, especially those marginalized by society, can access the mental health care they desperately need.