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Local health council says county-funded counseling and outreach reached more than 170 residents; suicide remembrance set for Sept. 23
Summary
Representatives of the Charlesville County Health Council updated commissioners on a county-funded mental health initiative launched after several suicides; organizers reported patient counts, outreach activities and upcoming remembrance events.
Brenda Harper and Cathy Atwood of the Charlesville County Health Council told the Trousdale County Commission the council’s post‑COVID outreach and county-supported program have provided local counseling and outreach to hundreds of residents.
“Currently, we have 84 patients seeing people at our Hartsville center,” Brenda Harper said, and “173 different Trousdale County people during the last two years” had sought and received services through programs developed with county support and CARES grant money.
The health council said it…
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