EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — (CNN) — Teen girls in the United States experienced record high levels of violence, sadness and suicide risk in recent years, amid “significant” declines in youth health and well-being overall, according to data published Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Responses for the CDC’s bi-annual Youth Risk
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Global War on Terror is the longest military conflict the United States has ever participated in. From 2001 to 2021, millions of service members made their way to the Middle East to protect the freedom of those of us back home in the States. For many Veterans, recalling the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso City council negotiated an agreement with Emergence Health Network for a crisis intervention team and agreed to find ways to better respond to mental health emergency calls. An initial 6-million-dollar grant was awarded to Emergence Health Network in 2018 to start up a crisis intervention team. That original agreement between the city
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A mental health court will be pursued after the El Paso County Commissioners’ Court unanimously supported the efforts for one Monday. El Paso County is currently the only urban county in Texas without a mental health court. The new court will focus solely on addressing the mental health and illnesses
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– — ABC-7 is speaking with mental health experts in El Paso county, about the affordability of services. Since our series ‘Be Mindful premiered,’ many of you have reached out to us, concerned about the escalating costs of mental health services. You wanted to know what you can do, if insurance won’t
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Be Mindful campaign launched on Feb. 2, 2023. Watch the entire episode above.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A mental health crisis can develop at any time, anywhere. That’s why Emergence Health Network has a Crisis Intervention Team (CIT). At the start of the 2022-2023 school year, EHN began a partnership with both the El Paso and Canutillo school districts and its CIT. “We knew there was a need,” said Bridgette
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7’s Be Mindful. multi-platform initiative seeks to strengthen the Borderland’s mental health system by empowering its residents through information and education in order to promote a culture of resiliency, reduce stigma and improve wellness. “Be Mindful. is an opportunity for everyone, for the community to come together and be in a better place,”
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — — ABC-7 is looking into the ease and access to medical care for the region’s military veterans. It’s a journey we started several weeks ago since learning of the death of Rob Renz. Mr. Renz was a military veteran who died on January 10 after visiting the El Paso VA
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NMSU student Haleigh Haven is a member of the “No Mind Suffering Unheard” program, launched last fall. “It was a lot of training,” she said. “We did a lot of peer and mental first aid training, just learning how to pick up on behaviors, and how to recognize when
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Running a marathon is no easy feat, but for Gonzalo Espinoza, it’s the challenge he loves. “It’s a battle with the mind,” Gonzalo said. “You don’t think that you can finish it, but you can.” It’s not the first time Gonzalo has had to battle his own mind. For eight
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