mental health

Activists who pushed for behavioral health sales tax say crisis center discussions need to be


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The Treatment and Recovery Center of Douglas County is pictured on Saturday, October 22, 2022.

Cerebral Inc. announced to employees it will lay off 20% of its workforce, impacting just over 1,000 people.

This news, which was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, marks the second major round of layoffs announced by the company this year. In June, the San Francisco-based digital mental health startup confirmed it would institute layoffs soon after news surfaced the company was under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for its prescribing practices of controlled substances. 

On Monday, Cerebral sent a company-wide memo saying that the layoffs “will be spread across all divisions — HQ Operations, HQ Support, Clinical Care.”

“These are difficult decisions, which were not taken lightly, but they have been made to best serve our clients who depend on us for high-quality care, each and every day,” Cerebral CEO David Mou said in an internal memo, which was acquired by Behavioral Health Business. “This is

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Meet teens taking on what experts call a mental health crisis


Charlotte, North Carolina
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A roomful of teenagers — some old friends and some strangers — stood with their hands, feet or backs together and their eyes closed.

“We are never alone in this world,” says Davis Cooke, 18, a high school senior and a founder of the group, who was leading the teens in meditation. “We are connected to larger communities that support us.”

It isn’t the kind of Wednesday night you would expect to excite teens after finishing homework and after-school activities, but this group of eight said it looks forward to the monthly mental health sessions with church leaders at Myers Park Presbyterian Church in Charlotte.

Many high schoolers are affected by what experts have called a teen mental health crisis, according to a survey released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in March.

Overall, more than a third of high school students

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mental health resources for creators

Content creation can be tough, and even mentally taxing for some. It’s a sentiment that influencers have expressed on social media.

“I realized I traded my 9-to-5 to work 24/7 instead. Not a second goes by that I’m not thinking about making content,” said @jaegurley in a TikTok video from early this year.

“I don’t watch sunsets or have genuine moments with my friends without being like ‘Oh guys, can we do that again? I wasn’t recording.'”

With the pressure that content creators often feel in mind, Pinterest announced a partnership with Headspace, an app that provides mental health resources, to offer free access to Headspace’s offerings for its influencers.

“One thing that we constantly hear from creators is that they face a lot of stress, a lot of burnout and this hamster wheel of having to always be on and always creating,” Malik Ducard, chief content officer at Pinterest,

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Cleveland County officials aim to improve mental health services

Cleveland County is spending $500,000 to increase mental health services.County commissioners said the money couldn’t come at a better time when mental health challenges continue to rise. Officials with Cleveland County and the Virtue Center – a certified treatment center – said the goal is to reach people struggling with addiction and their family members. They hope the money will help double the number of clients served to 5,000 people per year within the next five years.This will all be funded by money from the America Rescue Plan Act.Cleveland County commissioners will present the $500,000 check to the Virtue Center on Tuesday.

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Cleveland County is spending $500,000 to increase mental health services.

County commissioners said the money couldn’t come at a better time when mental health challenges continue to rise.

Officials with Cleveland County and the Virtue Center – a certified treatment center – said the goal

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