In advanced countries, mental illness is a leading cause of suffering. The World Health Organization’s 2008 study showed that mental illness accounted for approximately forty percent of all illness while stroke, cancer, heart disease, lung disease, and diabetes each accounted for less than twenty percent.
Read MoreFifty-five of 72 Wisconsin counties face a “significant shortage” of psychiatrists and 20 have no practicing psychiatrists at all.
Read MoreCongress has been busy this month advancing several priority items before it adjourns for the November elections. Below is an update on the opioid package and the fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget, and the impact of both pieces of legislation on mental health.
Read More2019 Dane County budget will include significant resources to address two areas that have put an increased strain on law enforcement and our community – emergency mental health crisis response and the opioid epidemic.
Read MoreState Superintendent Tony Evers’ 2019-21 budget includes a tenfold funding increase for school mental health programs.
Read MoreMadison Metropolitan, Stoughton Area, and Sun Prairie Area School Districts will receive grants from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for the 2018-19 school year to expand school-based mental health services.
Read MoreWisconsin will be forced to reduce and eliminate funding for a number of programs that provide important mental health services to some of the most vulnerable adults and children throughout Wisconsin.
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