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With the launch of the much-anticipated three-digit dialing code, 988 now becomes part of Alabama’s ever-expanding crisis system of care. This easy-to-remember number will be the first step in access to behavioral health care for thousands of Alabamians. 988 calls

The Carastar Health Crisis Center is the first of its kind in the River Region and an enormous asset to mental health care. ADMH Commissioner Kim Boswell said, “We want to reach people before they are at a Stage Four.

March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. The theme for this year’s campaign is “Moving Towards Change,” which seeks to raise awareness about the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in all facets of community life, and awareness of the

Mental health legend, pioneer, teacher, scholar, presidential adviser, and international consultant are just a few names that describe Dr. Mary Starke Harper. The Alabama Department of Mental Health honored Dr. Harper in the naming of the geriatric psychiatry center, located

Governor Kay Ivey and Commissioner Kimberly Boswell of the Alabama Department of Mental Health announced the awardee of a fourth crisis center in October and welcomed a vital addition to the Alabama Crisis System of Care. The center will serve

Alabama’s three pilot Crisis Centers, AltaPointe Health, the Montgomery Area Mental Health Authority, and WellStone, have launched services in their communities to individuals with mental illness and substance use disorder. The centers were funded by Governor Kay Ivey and the

The Alabama Department of Mental Health, community mental health and substance use disorder prevention and treatment partners and the Montgomery Biscuits are hosting Strike Out Stigma Night to offer valuable information and resources on mental illness and substance use disorders.

In the year since COVID-19 upended daily life, mental health struggles have skyrocketed, accelerating an already dire health crisis that some are calling a second pandemic. But help-seeking and action-taking for mental health has not kept pace. Often, the hardest

March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. The theme for this year’s campaign is “Moving Towards Change,” which seeks to raise awareness about the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in all facets of community life, and awareness of the

Governor Kay Ivey appointed Kimberly G. Boswell as Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Mental Health on December 16, 2020, stating, “She (Kimberly} has spent the entirety of her professional career devoted to helping struggling individuals and I appreciate her