Like physical health, mental health can be seen as a both a personal and community goal, one that has been significantly challenged by recent events such as the pandemic and now, the war in Ukraine. Efforts to ensure better mental health, more broadly, must be both preventative and supportive. Watch this program to hear about current work to improve the regions mental health system, with a special focus on two aspects of this system: a preventative effort that provides young children a promising start by supporting them and their families and an effort to establish a northern Michigan crisis intervention center.

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