Mental & Behavioral Health

Learning Independence: Tennessee Move Initiative helps patients transition to life outside mental health institute

Tennessee Move Initiative helps patients transition to life outside mental health institute
Facing Facts: The Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County helps child abuse survivors find help, hope and healing

The Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County helps child abuse survivors find help, hope and healing
Out of ACEs: Why Tennessee is shifting its focus from intervention to prevention in the battle against adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)

Why Tennessee is shifting its focus from intervention to prevention in the battle against adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
ACE Survey

Adverse childhood experiences create toxic stress, which disrupts brain development, physically altering DNA. The more ACEs you have, the more likely you are to experience these outcomes, especially if your score is 4 or higher. Find your score here.

ACE Survey: Complete this 10-question survey to find out how many adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) you have

Adverse childhood experiences create toxic stress, which disrupts brain development, physically altering DNA. The more ACEs you have, the more likely you are to experience these outcomes, especially if your score is 4 or higher. Find your score here.
Creating a New Life

In 2004, as a practicing Internist in his hometown of Johnson City, Tennessee, Stephen Loyd had became addicted to prescription drugs.

Creating a New Life: A recovering addict leads the fight against opioid addiction

In 2004, as a practicing Internist in his hometown of Johnson City, Tennessee, Stephen Loyd had became addicted to prescription drugs.
Women in Recovery

Better Tennessee spoke to Chief Clinical Officer Cindy Sneed about the challenges women in recovery face and the current opioid crisis in the state.

Women in Recovery: Clinical teams at The Next Door tend to the unique needs of women fighting addiction

Better Tennessee spoke to Chief Clinical Officer Cindy Sneed about the challenges women in recovery face and the current opioid crisis in the state.
The Addict Next Door

Tennessee takes action against its prescription pain pill epidemic, one person at a time

The Addict Next Door: Tennessee takes action against its prescription pain pill epidemic, one person at a time

Tennessee takes action against its prescription pain pill epidemic, one person at a time
Battling Tennessee’s Opioid Epidemic

Tackling drug abuse from many angles opens the door to recovery

Battling Tennessee’s Opioid Epidemic: Tackling drug abuse from many angles opens the door to recovery

Tackling drug abuse from many angles opens the door to recovery
A Grassroots Program Grows

Program to reduce prescription drug misuse in Coffee County goes statewide.

A Grassroots Program Grows: Count It! Lock it! Drop it! reduced prescription drug misuse in Coffee County and is going statewide

Program to reduce prescription drug misuse in Coffee County goes statewide.
Understanding in Action

During his walk around a Nashville neighborhood, a police officer spots a disheveled young man sleeping in the alleyway of an apartment building. It’s a dangerous spot for sleep — cars speed through the narrow alley regularly, and early the next morning a garbage truck will be pulling up to empty a nearby dumpster. So the officer shakes the young man awake, to get him to move along, ideally to a shelter a few blocks away. The switch to wakefulness does not go well. The young man grows increasingly agitated, pulls away from the officer and begins to argue. A situation like this can escalate quickly when a person with mental illness is behaving erratically and a law enforcement officer […]

Understanding in Action: First responders learn how to respond during encounters with a mentally ill person

During his walk around a Nashville neighborhood, a police officer spots a disheveled young man sleeping in the alleyway of an apartment building. It’s a dangerous spot for sleep — cars speed through the narrow alley regularly, and early the next morning a garbage truck will be pulling up to empty a nearby dumpster. So the officer shakes the young man awake, to get him to move along, ideally to a shelter a few blocks away. The switch to wakefulness does not go well. The young man grows increasingly agitated, pulls away from the officer and begins to argue. A situation like this can escalate quickly when a person with mental illness is behaving erratically and a law enforcement officer […]