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Part 5 of our Mental Health Series: What's Already Being Done?

By Marco Grajeda

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/krwg/local-krwg-497649.mp3

Las Cruces, NM – In New Mexico over 120, 000 children and adults suffer from serious mental illnesses: including schizophrenia and manic depression. As we've heard throughout the week, many people including several politicians want the state to improve mental health services across the state. Yet, in recent years authorities have put in a place programs like Crisis Intervention Training that benefits the mentally ill. KRWG's Marco Grajeda has the last report of a five part series on Mental Health.