mental health

Grove Farm Co. gave five acres to the County of Kauaʻi for a drug treatment rehabilitation facility for children five years ago. The building was completed but never served its purpose, and now the county is giving the land and facility back to the private company. HPR's Sabrina Bodon reports.

The gathering marked International Overdose Awareness Day, which aims to honor those who have been lost to drug overdoses and reduce the stigma around drug-related deaths. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.

Workers at Kaiser Permanente’s mental health clinics in Hawaiʻi are holding a strike to address its understaffing crisis. HPR’s Zoe Dym talked to clinical psychologists rallying outside of Kaiser’s Honolulu Medical Office.

The Queen’s Health System is acquiring Kāhi Mōhala mental hospital in ʻEwa Beach, Oʻahu. Kāhi Mōhala is currently owned by Northern California-based Sutter Health.

The public bus system on Hawaiʻi Island is helping kids and young adults get to safe places, or help if they're in trouble, through a new national partnership. With Hele-On fares also suspended for the next two years, officials hope that's a greater incentive for those to seek out help. HPR's Sabrina Bodon reports.

Gov. David Ige is outlining plans for how the state will spend $78 million it’s receiving from a multistate settlement reached with pharmaceutical industry companies over their role in the opioid addiction crisis.

On Kauaʻi, there is no on-island inpatient substance abuse treatment option for children. Oftentimes, that means kids and young adults have to travel elsewhere for help — and are split up from their loved ones. HPR's Sabrina Bodon reports.

Hawaiʻi will adopt the national 988-dialing code starting July 16. Phone users with an 808 area code can dial 988 to connect with the Hawaiʻi CARES crisis line.

With land gifted by Grove Farm Co., Kauaʻi celebrated when the Adolescent Treatment and Healing Center hosted a blessing at the end of 2019. Almost three years have passed and the center has never served its intended purpose. Now, Grove Farm has filed suit to get the land back. HPR's Sabrina Bodon reports.

The Conversation spoke with Everytown for Gun Safety advocate Chris Marvin and clinical professor of psychiatry Dr. Leslie Gise about Hawaiʻi's approach to gun safety.