Guest column: Quality mental health care faces barriers

(The following is a letter to the chief executive officers of three major health care organizations in Havre from Amber Spring, chair of the Hill County Mental Health Local Advisory Council.)

To: Bullhook Community Health Center, Cindy Smith, CEO

Center for Mental Health, Sydney Blair, CEO

Northern Montana Health Care, David Henry, CEO

From: Amber Spring, Hill County Mental Health Local Advisory Council (LAC), Chair

Montana has consistently ranked in the top five for suicide rates in the nation for the past 30 years.

Mental health providers and those working in suicide prevention contin...