Mind Matters: Mental health resources

Posted: Nov 16, 2022 / 06:39 PM CST

Updated: Jan 30, 2023 / 09:48 AM CST

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) –With increasing awareness of our mental health needs and less stigma around mental illness and mental health treatment, more people than ever asking for help.

Jackie Kingston, an anchor and executive producer from KAMR Local 4 News, is looking at mental health resources through the “Mind Matters: Mental Health Resources” special program. In this program, Kingston and the KAMR Local 4 News team examines how counselors, social workers, volunteers and elected officials are working to implement innovative solutions to meet the mental health needs here on the High Plains.

Extended Interviews

Here are some extended interviews, featuring some of the individuals KAMR Local 4 News spoke with in the special:

Mack Buchanan and Mackenzie Ellis

Mack Buchanan, the college and connections manager at Redeemer Christian Church, along with Mackenzie Ellis, the chairperson for the Texas Panhandle Suicide Prevention Coalition, speaks with KAMR Local 4 News as part of the “Mind Matters: Mental Health Resources” special program.

Randy Willmon

Randy Willmon, a veteran navigator at the Veterans Resource Center, speaks with KAMR Local 4 News as part of the “Mind Matters: Mental Health Resources” special program.

Sara Northrup

Sara Northrup, the program administrator for Adult Behavioral Health, speaks with MyHighPlains.com for the “Mind Matters: Mental Health Resources” special program.