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NYPD cops traumatized by horrors of the job get mental health support: ‘Saved my life’

October 31, 2022 by ketodietcenter

Retired NYPD detective Lou Yero was so traumatized by the horrors he witnessed on the job that he started drinking, eventually holding a loaded gun to his head. “And then I looked in the mirror and saw my son’s room,” Yero recalled last week at the first seminar of a group dedicated to helping traumatized … Read more

NYC expanding B-Heard mental health teams to parts of Manhattan and South Bronx

March 16, 2022 by ketodietcenter

NEW YORK — A mental health first aid program is expanding from harlem north of Manhattan and south of the Bronx. The initiative, called “B-Heard,” uses paramedics and social workers, rather than police officers, to address mental health emergencies. But, as CBS2’s Aundrea Cline-Thomas reported Tuesday, critics warn it could be dangerous. A simulation used … Read more

NYPD cops traumatized by horrors of the job get mental health support: ‘Saved my life’

NYC expanding B-Heard mental health teams to parts of Manhattan and South Bronx

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