Art therapy is finding its place in the mental health profession, but most states including Indiana, don’t recognize it as its own profession.

The five-year grant for the Indiana Department of Education was awarded through a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration program called Project AWARE.

An estimated 30 percent of emergency responders have a behavioral health condition. That could include anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder.

The goal is to build up community-based services and programming to support students’ wellbeing.

Just like CPR, people trained in mental health first aid can help someone having a mental health problem.

The Indiana Commission on Improving the Status of Children wants every school district in the state to have personnel to help integrate social emotional learning.

The 18 recommendations for the state to consider are divided into three separate categories: mental health, safety equipment and training, and policy.

Known as a psychiatric lockout, a parent brings a child to a hospital and refuses to pick them up. The child then enters foster care, and the state is obligated to pay for their care.

Past studies indicate patient and therapist diagnoses of personality disorders do not align. But this new study found different results when patients and providers had the same diagnostic tool.

The city plans to create an Assessment and Intervention Center as part of its Community Justice Campus, expected to open in 2021.