Mental Health

With the investment of three-and-a-half million dollars into the Rapid City Area Schools mental health services, some say it’s a meaningful step in the right direction. Others, though, say there’s still a massive gap in local mental health care.

As research continues to demonstrate the need for youth mental health services, some schools work to fill the need. Now, the Rapid City Area School District has received a $3.4-million grant to address service gaps in its schools.

Minds Matter in Aberdeen seeks to address cognitive decline. We learn about the business and scientific aspects of the organization with owner Tiffany Hoeft.

The state of veteran health care in America is in constant flux, and under constant scrutiny from lawmakers and patients alike. Now, leaders of the network say they’re taking a hard look at local clinics and boosting mental care.

Noem joined the Department of Social Services as a speaker during a recent suicide prevention conference in Sioux Falls.

The Department of Social Services has held a Suicide Prevention Convention the past 3 years.

We talk with the USDA's rural development state director for South Dakota and the executive director of Lewis & Clark Behavioral Health about rural mental health care.

We ask a licensed psychologist how much worrying is normal and how much is too much. Plus, what you can do to prevent anxiety throughout your day.

A Sioux Falls addiction treatment center is celebrating a milestone in its third year—helping its 10,000th triaged-patient. The center is a collaborative effort between Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County and two major hospital systems.

The state’s county courts all work with a local board of mental illness, but not every county has the proper resources to assist defendants. One bill aims to give counties more appeal options for individuals deemed at-risk.