Routt County in Colorado has received $3.6 million from the state's Department of Education School Health Professional Grant Program to provide mental health services among its school districts, Steamboat Pilot & Today reported May 14.
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Adam Sagot, DO, Hackensack Meridian Health's forensic psychiatry chief, spoke with Becker's about mental health in juvenile detention centers and solitary confinement.
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