mental health

On the third episode of The Other Side, Toby, Chloe, and Cailee talk through good (and bad) coping mechanisms, some ways adults can help young people deal with their mental health, and how to start those tough conversations.

Rep. Marc Molinaro, who represents parts of the Southern Tier and Hudson Valley, heard from elected officials, advocates, hospitals and law enforcement about the increase in mental health needs in Broome County, during a roundtable in Binghamton this week.

Family and Children's Counseling Services, a nonprofit providing mental health services in the Southern Tier, recently broke ground on a new facility on Binghamton's west side.

"Genuinely, I do believe that the death, the bullying, all that could have been prevented," said AJ Wilt, a student at Union-Endicott High School.

A vacant building in Cortland is set to house the mental health department serving the county and central New York.

Conditions in some corrections facilities are a moral failure that also costs taxpayers millions.

"We had kids that came to ninth grade who hadn't been in school for two years. So they didn't develop the social skills that they needed."

The new 988 system launched in mid-July, and one early estimate says calls went up 45% nationally during the first week.

“Everyone takes 911 for granted, but it actually took 10 years to get 911 up and functioning across the United States.”

County programs will get their first significant increase in over a decade — though some details remain uncertain.