Mental Health

Chief Craig said Darrien Walker was taken for mental health care weeks before he was killed in an altercation with police.

As the family mourns the loss of Austin they realized this tragedy could give life to someone else.

So many are feeling anxious and depressed during this global pandemic.

Four residents volunteered to work in ICU's caring for patients on ventilators, side-by-side with the critical care teams.

Suicide help lines are flooded too. Stabenow says it is critical that money hits the ground.  But we have to do something that has been a challenge even before COVID-19. Squash the stigma around getting help. 

The University of Michigan launched a two-week study March 24th asking 562 adults across the country how they're coping with COVID-19. The questions were about anxiety, depression, relationships and parenting.

According to Nielsen, alcohol sales are up more than 50 percent. Online alcohol sales are up more than 200 percent.  

It's a decision that has left the victim's family -- and members of the community -- outraged.

"It's fragile industry anyway," said O'Connor. "It is hard working, long hours, demanding, there are a lot of folks with mental health issues or substance abuse issues as a lot of us do anyway."

Michigan officials are directing residents to a national hotline for help if they are struggling with the mental and emotional toll of COVID-19.

For people who were already struggling with mental health issues, sheltering in place can leave people alone and in turn - lead them down dark paths. 

"There isn't any rhyme or reason - there isn't like a playbook that you can go to," she said.

FOX 2 spoke with Charlamagne at Inception Detroit a 21st Century Mental Health Gym and wellness spa in Farmington Hills.

Detroit Police said a man who was 'agitated' when he walked into a gas station and ordered everyone out, before shooting a man who walked in and then taking his own life.

A controversial service that dozens of Michigan schools have signed on to has many worried it's an invasion of privacy, including the ACLU. Others worry that people won't focus enough on seniors and working-age adults who could commit suicide.

Jenna had dealt with anxiety and depression and engaging in unhealthy behaviors. But when she found the U Matter suicide prevention program through The Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield - she found help for herself and a way to help others.

Livonia Police talked a suicidal man away from the edge of a bridge over I-96.

"It is hard to articulate, it's indescribable, I've had to basically re-find who I am," said Sonya Overall.