Charlie Brereton, director of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, speaks during a Behavioral Health System for Future Generations Commission meeting at Flathead Valley Community College on Thursday, Nov. 30. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
November 30, 2023
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Funding for mental health system revamp offers hope, but officials say solutions will take time
Barbara Hadley has shared her story at multiple community meetings on behavioral health in Northwest Montana, detailing her struggle to help a relative undergoing a severe mental health crisis — one that led to his eventual arrest and placement in county jail.