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Firefighter paramedics: They re often the first ones seen in an emergency, constantly responding to traumatic and life-or-death situations.Aside from daily, on-the-job challenges, first responders often cope with the toll that responding to disasters and emergencies can take on their mental health.Turns out, the ones first to assist when we need help, sometimes need help themselves. It s something that we re seeing both at the national and state level. About 20% of firefighters have PTSD. Some of those are suffering silently, explained Brett Geyer, a fire captain with Yuba City Fire Department. These new statistics about what s really happening in our field. it s impossible to just pretend like it s not there. Geyer also pointed to a 2017 Ruderman Foundation study that discovered firefighters are more likely to die by suicide than in line of duty.The fire captain heads up a newly formed mental health task force for the Yuba City Fire Department. The model for the program is pe
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Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., speaks during a general election campaign event in Philadelphia in 2018.
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U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. and other Pennsylvania lawmakers are sponsoring legislation aimed at reducing the chance police encounters with those with disabilities or mental health issues will end tragically.
Casey, D-Pa., is sponsoring what he’s dubbed the Law Enforcement Education and Accountability for People with Disabilities (LEAD) Initiative. It includes two bills that would divert some emergency calls away from 9-1-1 and toward human services and mental health support agencies, Casey’s office said. The package would also offer more training for police when they engage with people with disabilities or mental health issues.
The Undergraduate Council endorsed an all-Ivy League statement on mental health and allocated funds toward a project supporting transgender and gender non-conforming students in purchasing gender-affirming clothing at its regular meeting Sunday.
The first piece of legislation allows the Council to sign onto an all-Ivy League mental health statement that calls for BIPOC mental health care, active âcompâ oversight, increased counseling services, and leave of absence policy reform.
âMental health is the 2nd leading cause of death among students and 75% of lifetime cases of mental health conditions begin by age 24,â the statement reads.
The statement also details that no Ivy League university scored above a D+ on the Ruderman Foundation scale, which measures university effectiveness in responding to students experiencing mental illness.