Monkeypox cases are rising fast in Georgia — along with COVID-19
In June, there was just one confirmed case of monkeypox in Georgia. Now the state is seeing well over 700 cases.
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Georgia Today: Abrams and Jordan, teacher burnout, new children's museum
The Georgia Today newsletter is a twice-weekly newsletter featuring original stories from GPB News reporters and the latest headlines from around the state.
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988 — the national mental health crisis line — is live July 16
Calls to 988 will be answered by counselors trained in suicide prevention. Georgia’s Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities says the state has invested about $20.5 million in 988 related expenditures over the past 20 months.
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Editor's note: Good neighbors are priceless
Sometimes the universe conspires to put people in the same place at the same time.
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With few other resources, people with behavioral health issues find treatment in jails and prisons
The Fulton County Jail is called Georgia’s largest de facto mental health facility because of the high prevalence of mentally ill detainees. Often, they have no place else to go until a crime is committed.
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