At the West Virginia State Fire Academy in Weston, local law enforcement and other emergency personnel are learning how to better deal with de-escalating situations through Crisis Intervention ...

West Virginia officials frequently tout the high numbers of kids placed in kinship families, meaning in the care of ...

But several months later, there hadn’t been enough action for the state to avoid a lawsuit over the issue. And even now, more ...

A lawsuit has been filed by Disability Rights of West Virginia against state officials regarding ... at the 200-bed acute care psychiatric William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital on contract workers ...

Damaged headstone at a Weston State Hospital cemetery (Courtesy West Virginia ... WVSHI is a registered 501(c)(3)nonprofit organization that focuses on mental health reform and preserving West ...

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In a state with desperate need for foster families, West Virginia officials frequently ... But relatives face more mental health strain than other caregivers, and state health officials don ...

The State began its rebuttal with its own expert to discuss the mental health of the oldest boy. Dr. David Clayman, who is a clinical, medical and forensic psychologist, looked at more than 4,000 data ...

A lack of West Virginia CPS workers directly feeds a lack of foster homes and the instability and lack of permanency many ...