Mental Health

After a mental health-related tragedy resulted in a Milwaukee woman’s death last month, Wisconsin mental health advocates are asking why there weren’t crisis interventions before the situation escalated.

The Bronzeville Way Healing and Safe Space provides a centralized location to connect the community to local organizations.

The foundation chooses school districts that are already working with other mental health resources in their communities.

A UW-Madison counseling psychologist offers advice for helping young people and adults manage mental health after traumatic events like recent shootings.

“It’s talking about incredibly serious and topical subject matter. So while I’m sure folks will be entertained in that joyous way, they’re also going to be challenged to think about themes and topics in a new way and through different lenses,” says director Pete Rydberg.

Executive director Trish Kilpin in the DOJ’s Office of School Safety promotes the department’s Speak Up, Speak Out program for reporting threats to school safety.

Lexi Westley and four other women’s cross country athletes at UW-Madison are coming forward about what they call abusive behavior by their coach Mackenzie Wartenberger.

At a recent press conference at Milwaukee City Hall, community advocates and officials called the decline in overdose deaths a hopeful sign, but said the fight is not over. 

Although the 988 “press 3” option has ended, the lifeline itself is still operational and available for LGBTQ+ youth to call. 

The hospital is planning to stop offering inpatient psychiatric care at Aurora Sheboygan and use the space to create additional inpatient medical surgical bed capacity.