An initiative investing in the future of behavioral health
At the brink of collapse at the drug and suicide epidemic, seeking for medical help, Florida-based behavioral healthcare provider, FHE Health, is launching a new initiative to address dire shortage in mental healthcare. Starting from June 15, on the heels of “Mental Health Month,” FHE Health will begin accepting applications for the FHE Health “Hope for Healing Scholarship.” According to the National Institute of Mental Health, Nearly one in five people in the United States suffers from a mental illness. The Journal of the American Medical Association reported; the disease burden of mental health and substance use disorders was higher than for any other condition in 2015. The $5000 scholarship will be awarded to one qualified undergraduate student and one qualified graduate student whose area of study is in mental and behavioral health or psychiatric nursing.“Hope for Healing Scholarship” aims:
- to shine a light on Dire Shortages in Mental Healthcare, and to lead by example in addressing the problem.
- to shape the future of behavioral health treatment, by training the next generation of healthcare workers.
- to ethically serve the South Florida community as well as the nation with our healthcare services.
- to impose students with the knowledge and creativity that makes them innovative and that will encourage progressive thinking in the future of the social work, nursing, and master’s level family and psychiatric nurse practicing fields.
