Experts, teens say mental health plays part in uptick of violent crime rates
Violence is impacting many in the Kansas City area, and experts say mental health is playing part in the issue.
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Violence is impacting many in the Kansas City area, and experts say mental health is playing part in the issue.
“I think it’s a bad decision. I think it’s the wrong decision,” the county’s mental health director said.
There’s less daylight, stressful gatherings and the pressure to feel joyful. Here’s how you can find help with the winter blues. From Yvette Walker:
A Johnson County partnership is offering people with Down syndrome and their caretakers access to therapy services. Down Syndrome Innovations and the county-run mental health center will provide a mental health clinician for eight to 12 sessions per patient.
An Olathe man has created a phone booth where people can go and speak to loved ones who passed. The idea is that the messages said aloud would be symbolically delivered by the wind to the deceased.