Nonprofits Team With Police to Offer Training on Mental Illness

Police training directors in Maryland have formed partnerships with the National Alliance on Mental Illness and embraced the Crisis Intervention Training program to help officers deal with mentally ill people in crisis.

MD Colleges See More Students Seeking Help for Mental Health Problems

Counselors attribute it to stress and heightened awareness among students of counseling services.

Maryland Slow to Report Mental Health Problems to Gun Background Check Database

A new report has found Maryland lax in reporting mental health and substance abuse records to a national database used to run background checks on gun purchasers.