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Avera's Efforts To Mitigate The Suicide Rate & Support Mealth Health Services

Avera Health

In The Moment … January 4th, 2021 Show 965 Hour 1

The suicide rate for kids ages 10 through 14 has more than doubled from 1999 to 2018 nationwide, according to the CDC. Today's young people are challenged by anxiety and depression and addiction. The need for mental health services in South Dakota is also growing. 
 
Today we talk about one of the efforts to meet the growing need. Supported by a major grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust, Avera Health seeks to build a new four-story wing at the Avera Behavioral Health Center in Sioux Falls. 
 
Guest: Dr. Matt Stanely with Avera Health and Walter Panzirer, trustee with the Helmsley Charitable Trust

Health reporting on SDPB is supported by Monument Health

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