LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Lexington Police Department is making new investments in officers’ mental health. They have recently hired a full-time Behavior Health and Wellness Coordinator.

Comprehensive Care Approach The Ridge RTC offers evidence-based treatment for adolescents struggling with a variety of mental health challenges, including anxiety, depression, trauma, and ...

Chad Aull, D-Lexington, would prohibit sex offenders ... initially included a $90 million price tag to build a 16-bed mental health juvenile detention facility for high-acuity, or acutely mentally ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT ... starting with their minds. The Ridge hosted its annual winter conference. The conference is focused on one thing: keeping mental health in the conversation.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — For the first time ever, Lexington is employing a mental health specialist to assist first responders with emergency situations, including mental health-related 9-1-1 ...

Lexington will soon have a social worker respond with police to crisis mental health 911 calls. Thanks to a $850,000 state grant awarded in January, Lexington community-based crisis response team ...

Over the course of eight weeks, a group of Lexington Herald-Leader reporters and interns set out to look at the mental health needs of Kentucky college students, and how colleges around the state ...

Starting in 2018, the Department of Health Services also began sending another type of patient — those found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, or NGI — to Sand Ridge.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Lexington plans to establish a crisis response team to respond to mental health calls after receiving an $850,000 grant from the Kentucky Department of Medicaid Services.

A 22-year-old Lexington man accused of shooting his ... hire a psychologist or psychiatrist to evaluate his client’s mental health and determine if he is competent enough to hold criminal ...