A new three-digit crisis hotline, 9-8-8, has been put in place to provide quick access to trained crisis counselors. People who are experiencing any kind of mental health-related distress can call the number 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That includes any thoughts of suicide, mental health issues or a substance use crisis. […]
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Susan Gray is proof that you should never stop trying.` After years of substance abuse that alternated with treatment facilities, her family had written her off. Her son, Damien, was a teenager in the Marine Corps when he learned about her latest relapse. “At that point, I just kind of wrote her off,” he said
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Free medical services for people experiencing homelessness are available at Coastal Family Health Center’s locations in Biloxi and Gulfport. Coastal Family Health Center was the guest presenter Thursday at the Open Doors Homeless Coalition Continuum of Care meeting. Healthcare for Homeless Outreach Coordinator Tonya Kidd explained Thursday that many people experiencing homelessness are referred to
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For the uninitiated, it can be overwhelming. Day-in and day-out, hearing about the trauma inflicted on victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking and murder. But this is what the case managers at the Gulf Coast Center for Nonviolence do. They listen. They offer resources, from a safe place to sleep to support on
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