department of public health and human services

Donation boxes have been set up at various locations throughout Montana, including Billings, to receive holiday gifts that benefit Montana State Hospital (MSH) patients, according to the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS).

Montana, with a suicide rate nearly twice the national average, has one of the highest suicide rates in the nation, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. In 2014, there were 243 suicides in Montana for an average of 20 per month, according to the final report for 2014 from the Montana Suicide Review Team...