Mahoning Mental Health Board Tackles Problems

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The Mahoning County Mental Health & Recovery Board joined Mahoning County Public Health and the Youngstown City Health District in 2022 to tackle two major concerns: overdose deaths and suicide. Project Dawn (Deaths Avoided with Naloxone) provided free Narcan kits to community organizations for dissemination. The board established a suicide fatality review committee to proclaim suicide a serious public health problem and to examine contributing factors and patterns. T