How Virginia hopes to improve mental health support services
By: Shannon Lilly
and last updated 2021-04-03 18:58:47-04
RICHMOND, Va. A new nationwide three-digit suicide hotline should make it easier for people to receive mental health support. It was being incorporated with a state-wide push to improve mental health crisis response in Virginia, according to the Department of Health and Developmental Services. I think that Virginia recognizes that we need to improve mental health support services, Heather Norton, Assistant Commissioner with the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, said.
Norton is leading the implementation of a federal 988 grant in the state.
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As someone who initially struggled to accept his own bipolar disorder diagnosis years ago and now works to help others, Sean Driscoll knows how hard it can be for someone to recognize they are suffering.
With the pandemic aggravating mental health concerns, the peer support specialist at the University of Maryland Medical Center s Department of Psychiatry says he focuses on steering people to resources that can help. It s OK to talk about your problems, said Driscoll, who also writes songs to raise awareness about mental health issues under his stage name, Driscoe. It s OK to confide in people and to trust, and it s OK to feel.