MENTAL HEALTH

Dr. Laura Westafer, an ER doctor at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, said there is limited data on the transgender and nonbinary community in the medical field.

The veterans medical center in Leeds, Massachusetts, had been recommended for closure in a March federal report, sparking anxiety and protests.

A University of Massachusetts Amherst study recruited people within the Bhutanese community to deliver culturally-appropriate interventions.

Educators and others who work with children are continuing to grapple with the shooting last week in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 elementary school students and two teachers dead.

Grief took over a small community in Texas after a gunman opened fire at a local elementary school this week. The town of Uvalde has around 15,000 residents and is predominantly Latinx.

Tama Lang, from Litwin Elementary School in Chicopee, has been named counselor of the year in Massachusetts.

While many states use civil commitment, Massachusetts is believed to be the only state that, under the law known as Section 35, court-orders some men to treatment inside jails and prisons even if they haven't committed any crimes.

Lesli Suggs, the president and CEO of the Home for Little Wanderers, joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy to talk further about this.

The $100 million in state funding to strengthen mental health services across Connecticut was approved during the recent legislative session.

One clinic, Transhealth, marks its first anniversary with more than 1,000 patients.