Low mood as the days get shorter? Here is how to tell seasonal depression from the winter blues or something else, and where to start in Memphis.

On the evening of October 20, our CEO, Laurie Powell, was honored as part of the Memphis Business Journal's 2026 Super Women in Business class at Memphis Botanic Garden. She walked to the stage to "I Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty, which fits the way she leads. Laurie joined the 2026 Super Women in Business class on stage, each honoree wearing the signature pink cape. Laurie joined Alliance Healthcare Services in 1993 as a therapist serving South Memphis and Orange Mound. She

If drugs or alcohol are taking more than they give, you have a real choice to make. Outpatient or inpatient? Here is how to tell. Most people searching this are not looking for a lecture. They want to know what fits their life and what is safe. You may have searched for this as rehab. The words differ, but the question is the same. The short answer Outpatient treatment means you get care at a clinic and sleep at home. You come in for counseling, groups, and sometimes medicati

Alliance and the City of Millington cut the ribbon on a house that brings mental health support closer to Millington students and families.

A Memphis peer recovery specialist earns statewide recognition for championing peer support. Recovery is easier when someone has walked the road before you. That is the idea behind peer support, and it is why one of our own just earned statewide recognition. Desirée Nelson, a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist at our Turning Point peer support center, received the 2026 CPRS Advocate of Peer Services Award (Individual) at the Tennessee All Peer Conference in Nashville on Septe

Overdose is one of the few medical emergencies where an ordinary person, with no training, can be the reason someone survives. Here are the signs of an overdose, what to do, and how to get naloxone for free in Tennessee. This guide focuses on opioid overdose, including fentanyl, because that is the kind naloxone reverses. Signs of an overdose An opioid overdose does not usually look like the movies. It is often quiet. Watch for: Breathing that is slow, shallow, or stopped Lip

Memphis added mental health as a fourth 911 option. Learn what happens when you choose it, which number to call, when, and where Memphis crisis care began.

Alliance Healthcare Services has been awarded $2 million in federal funding to close the gap that opens after a mental health crisis.

Confused about case management for mental health? Learn what a care coordinator does, who qualifies, and how it works at Alliance in Memphis, TN.

The Alliance Foundation and nexAir brought liquid nitrogen ice cream and STEM careers to our Whitney campus on the last Friday of summer break.

Memphis schools open August 3. Learn the difference between normal first-week nerves and warning signs, plus what helps. Alliance can help. (901) 369-1410.

Sometimes something feels too big to carry alone. Here's how to know when it's time to tell a grown-up, and how to say it, even without the right words yet.

Anxiety is your brain's guard dog — helpful, but sometimes it barks at nothing scary. A clinician-reviewed guide for kids, tweens, and teens.

Tennessee's kratom ban starts July 1, 2026. Learn what HB 1649 means and how to get caring, affordable help for kratom use in Memphis. Call 901-369-1410

The Children & Youth Crisis Wellness Center is open to families across the Memphis area. Here is what every parent should know about getting help.

Alliance Healthcare Services is hosting City of Memphis MPLOY youth this summer. Why our behavioral health nonprofit invests in young Memphians.

The story behind one of the partnerships that brought the Children & Youth Wellness Center to Malcomb Street, and what New Markets Tax Credits actually do.

What the wait-time data shows for kids in psychiatric crisis in Tennessee, and how Alliance's new Children & Youth Crisis Wellness Center changes the picture.

Mental Health Awareness Month exists because one patient wrote a book. Here's how that movement reached Memphis, and why Alliance is here today.

A guide to naming what you're feeling. Written for kids, tweens, teens, and grown-ups. Reviewed by Alliance Healthcare clinicians.