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Teen Depression Underscores Role of School Counselors

(Credit: Mr Doomits/Adobe Stock) Rates of depression among teenagers has gone up during the pandemic. One way to help address this mental health crisis could be to increase the number of school counselors. Montana requires one school counselor per 400 students and some rural areas don’t have any. Executive Director of the Montana School Cou...

Montana Veterans To Receive Expanded Mental Health Services

Montana veterans will receive expanded access to complementary and integrative mental health care under the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act named for a Montana veteran. VA Montana is currently working to stand-up the new pilot program which is authorized for three years. The program will be open to veter...

Montana Ranks Near Bottom In Public Education Success In The Nation

The 2022 Student Success Rankings is the first Nationwide study to analyze the pandemic’s impact on our public school system. Based on the analysis of 42 metrics organized into 3 key indicators of educational success Montana ranked 38th in the nation in providing a good environment for a student to succeed in school and maintain a health...

Legislative Committee Begins Child Mental Health Service Study

Several of the state’s largest providers told members of the Children Families Health and Human Services Interim Committee Monday that Montana children are being sent out of state for mental health services due in part to the state’s low rate of reimbursement. Monday’s panel was the beginning of the interim committee’s study of the state’s chi...

New Study Reveals Pandemic’s Effects On Child Mental Health

Montana has seen increased investment and attention towards child mental health resources in recent months due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and a new study by the University of Washington’s School of Medicine reveals the specific factors behind this. Here’s the study’s lead author Pooja Tandon on its major findings. https://northernb...