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Mental health help will be three digits away as Nevada activates 988 hotline

Nevada will join the rest of the nation on Saturday in adopting 988 as the go-to number for people considering suicide.

Pilot project equipping rural police with telehealth tools for mental health crises

Through a partnership with police, Nevada’s health department will offer crisis intervention services to rural residents through Virtual Crisis Care, starting as soon as police training is completed.

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Schools ramp up suicide prevention efforts as another academic year affected by the coronavirus begins

In response to student stresses from pandemic-affected learning, several schools in Nevada are putting more effort into their mental health programs.

Vitality Unlimited provides substance abuse treatment in Elko

Federal COVID aid has given small boost to Nevada’s underfunded mental health services

While Nevada has long struggled with a widespread lack of mental health resources, the state has recently used more than a million dollars in federal coronavirus aid funds to provide relief to some citizens most at risk from the increased stresses of the pandemic.

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