{"id":10433,"date":"2022-01-31T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T07:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegnacorpstage.wpengine.com\/advertise\/?p=10433"},"modified":"2022-02-07T08:43:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T15:43:18","slug":"how-5-on-your-side-supports-mental-health-with-behavioral-health-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/how-5-on-your-side-supports-mental-health-with-behavioral-health-response\/","title":{"rendered":"How 5 On Your Side Supports Mental Health with Behavioral Health Response"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the pandemic hit, life as we knew it was turned upside down. Many faced mental health issues and were looking for help. Recognizing this problem, TEGNA\u2019s 5 On Your Side<\/a> in St. Louis began looking for ways to help the community.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI started looking for an organization in the mental health community that could commit to helping us help our viewers in their daily lives,\u201d says Ava Ehrlich, News, and Business Development Manager at 5 On Your Side. \u201cThen I found fantastic partners in Behavioral Health Response.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Behavioral Health Response<\/a> provides free crisis support, telephone counseling, and mental health resources 24 hours a day, seven days a week.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In this new partnership, 5 On Your Side began to air\u00a0segments during the morning news, letting viewers know that trained\u00a0<\/span>mental health professionals are volunteering to talk to anyone about problems, stress, or other mental health issues for free, over the phone<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To speak to a mental health professional, viewers were directed to call or text a specific phone number and were ensured that everything discussed in the phone calls remains confidential.\u00a0<\/span>Although the number of people helped as a result of this campaign is hard to quantify, the spots were a big success.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we have found is that the number of people who call on a day we talk about the issues of mental health, doubles, triples quadruples for the organization,\u201d says Ava Ehrlich, News, and Business Development Manager at 5 On Your Side. \u201cThey had to have more people on staff to follow up with the people who have called on days these aired.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt warms my heart,\u201d Ehrlich added. \u201cI have talked to people in the community and they mention how grateful they are for these resources.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Looking to help those struggling with mental health issues in the local community, TEGNA\u2019s Ava Ehrlich at KDSK spearheaded a partnership with Behavioral Health Response that helped so many people in the community. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beingoodcompany","wpautop"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Thinking of how you might amplify your brand\u2019s community efforts or looking to join our affiliates in their efforts to serve the greater good of our communities?\u00a0<\/span>Get in touch.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"