mental health
Chesterfield launches September suicide prevention campaign
Chesterfield County launches a "Talk, Listen, Call 988" suicide prevention campaign during National Suicide Prevention Month in September, emphasizing open conversation and access to crisis support.
Avenues Recovery Opens 120-Bed Treatment Facility in Chesterfield
Avenues Recovery opened a 120-bed addiction and mental health treatment facility in Chesterfield, offering medically supervised detoxification and residential programs to the community.
Across-America walker brings message of hope to local inmates
Mental health advocate Kyndal Ray Edwards, walking 11,000 miles across America to raise awareness, spoke with Chesterfield County Jail inmates on his journey toward recovery and hope.
Harper Brings Comfort to Chesterfield County Jail
Chesterfield County Jail integrates canine therapy into its nationally recognized HARP addiction recovery program to support inmate mental health and well-being.
North Chesterfield executive charged in alleged $49.6M Medicaid fraud scheme
Federal prosecutors have charged a North Chesterfield woman, Mikia Noble, 37, in an alleged scheme to bill Virginia Medicaid roughly $49.6 million for crisis mental-health services that recipients never received or did not need. The charge is an accusation; Noble has not been convicted.
Board Chair Forms Plant Medicine Ad Hoc Committee
Chesterfield County Board Chair Mark Miller has formed an 18-member ad hoc committee to study plant medicine therapies, particularly psilocybin, as a potential treatment for veterans with PTSD and others struggling with depression and anxiety.
Midlothian man arrested in Chesterfield vandalism spree
Chesterfield County Sheriff's Office arrested a Midlothian man for vandalizing four public and commercial buildings in a single night, including the county courthouse and central library.