Louisiana Mental Health Awareness Project

07/30/2020

With pandemic-related anxiety, stress and uncertainty at an all-time high, many people may be finding themselves seeking out mental health services. The good news for St. Charles Parish residents is that free help is only a call away.

06/30/2020

Some doctors are starting to see major psychological effects of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown as patients cope with months of isolation, job loss and life changes.

06/30/2020

If you know someone suffering from addiction, help is just a phone call away! For information on assistance, just message us and we will get you what you need.

(Special from KCUR via khn.org) — Despite the lack of dine-in customers for nearly 2½ long months during the coronavirus shutdown, Darrell Loo of Waldo Thai stayed busy.

06/26/2020

The crisis line at the Metropolitan Human Services District keeps ringing, most are struggling with anxiety and depression.

06/25/2020

Some scary stats coming out of St Tammany. While we are all home and stuck in phase 2, this is a good time to keep an eye out for signs for mental wellness and addiction.

Officials for St. Tammany Fire District No. 1 have noticed a huge uptick in overdose cases from March through June of 2020

06/25/2020

The mental health toll of this pandemic is just starting to come to light.

BATON ROUGE – One hospital system in Baton Rouge says that it is continuing to see an uptick in mental health visits related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

06/23/2020

We need to help root out corruption in our mental health facilities!

State auditors who evaluated New Horizon Counseling Agency, LLC, a mental and behavioral health care agency, discovered that from November of 2015 through January of 2020, the company improperly billed Medicaid a total of $868,138 for services that may not have ever been provided.

06/20/2020

BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) — With COVID-19 putting increased pressures on people, the state’s Office of Behavioral Health is rolling out a new hotline to help avoid, prevent or intercept e…

06/15/2020

MONROE, La. (06/12/2020) — Dozens of community members gathered at the Monroe Civic Center Friday night to stand together after a murder-su***de claimed the lives of six people. Pastor Vance …

06/09/2020

For those that need resources, they are available. You are not alone! (Via BRProud / WGMB / WVLA)

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Social media and non-stop news cycles are making violent images more mainstream. “People can think, ‘Well, kids see stuff on TV all the time,'”…

06/05/2020

"The coronavirus pandemic is creating an unprecedented mental health crisis in our communities. What we in the behavioral health industry see daily is being echoed by federal agencies and experts warning that a historic wave of mental health problems is approaching — depression, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, and su***de." (via The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

The coronavirus pandemic is creating an unprecedented mental health crisis in our communities. What we in the behavioral health industry see daily is being echoed by federal agencies and experts

06/02/2020

A routine can be something to help maintain normalcy while we are all stuck at home and mental health is suffering. Here are 7 tips for routine self-care (via Mental Health America)

Routines have a bad reputation of being dull, boring ruts we fall into overtime. But a lot of routines can actually be really helpful for maintaining both our physical and mental wellbeing.