#crisis-intervention

#crisis-intervention

In a moment of crisis or deep self-doubt, what you need often isn't more reassurance... but a careful challenge: someone to help you spot the unhelpful loops in your thinking and hand you real tools to break free.

This is one more way that people are going to feel like they're not seen, aren't sure of where to reach out for help or don't feel safe enough to seek support.

A 64-year-old man is in critical condition after a suicide attempt at Brooklyn Bridge Park, highlighting ongoing mental health issues in public spaces.

Cody Balmer, the arsonist arrested for throwing two lit Molotov cocktails into the Shapiros' living room while the family slept, had a history of violence and serious mental illness that should have seen him either in jail or getting long-term, supervised treatment.

"There's less shit on the ground in the morning and more police," he said.

The SIU report concluded that the OPP commander acted with due care during an intense standoff with an armed man who had shot family members.