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How To Talk To Your Kids About Mental Health: When to Tell a Grown-Up
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.

Alliance Healthcare Services
21 minutes ago5 min read


How to Explain Anxiety to a Child: Your Brain's Guard Dog
Anxiety is your brain's guard dog — helpful, but sometimes it barks at nothing scary. A clinician-reviewed guide for kids, tweens, and teens.

Alliance Healthcare Services
Jul 85 min read


Tennessee's Kratom Ban Starts July 1: What It Means, and How to Get Help in Memphis
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

Alliance Healthcare Services
Jun 244 min read


Now Open: Memphis's First Children & Youth Crisis Stabilization Center
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
Jun 24 min read


What a Summer Job Can Start: Alliance and the City of Memphis MPLOY Program
Alliance Healthcare Services is hosting City of Memphis MPLOY youth this summer. Why our behavioral health nonprofit invests in young Memphians.

Alliance Healthcare Services
Jun 24 min read


How a New Market Tax Credit Helped Build a Place for Memphis Kids in Crisis
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.

Alliance Healthcare Services
May 274 min read


Children's Crisis Care in Memphis: What the Wait Time Data Shows, and What Is Changing in 2026
What the wait-time data shows for kids in psychiatric crisis in Tennessee, and how Alliance's new Children & Youth Wellness Center changes the picture.

Alliance Healthcare Services
May 124 min read


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

Alliance Healthcare Services
May 14 min read


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

Alliance Healthcare Services
Apr 278 min read


Mental Health Access in Memphis Is Closer Than You Think
Alliance Healthcare Services partners with MATA to bring mental health care closer to Memphis. Walk-in care available 24/7. TennCare accepted. Call today.

Alliance Healthcare Services
Apr 134 min read


A Quiet Place to Land: Turning Point Opens The Oasis
This morning, the team at Turning Point Peer Support Center on Summer Avenue cut the ribbon on The Oasis, a brand-new quiet room designed as a calm, low-stimulation space where members can rest, reflect, meditate, or simply breathe when the day feels like too much.

Alliance Healthcare Services
Apr 83 min read


World Health Day 2026: How Alliance Strengthens Mental Health in Memphis
This April 7, we celebrate the people, programs, and partnerships making mental health care possible across Shelby County. If you or someone you love has ever needed mental health support, you know how much it matters to have help close to home. This World Health Day, the World Health Organization is calling on communities everywhere to stand with science and stand together for health. Here in Memphis, Alliance Healthcare Services answers that call every day. For more than 50

Alliance Healthcare Services
Apr 73 min read


The Science Behind the Care: 3 Reasons Alliance Chose MATCH for Memphis Children in Crisis
3 reasons Alliance chose the MATCH curriculum for its new Children & Youth Wellness Center. Evidence-based, flexible care for kids in crisis. Call (901) 369-1410.

Alliance Healthcare Services
Apr 65 min read


How Medication-Assisted Treatment Works in Memphis, TN
Learn how MAT works for opioid and alcohol recovery in Memphis. FDA-approved medications + counseling. TennCare accepted. Call (901) 369-1410 today.

Alliance Healthcare Services
Mar 275 min read


Memphis Overdose Deaths Are Declining: Here's How to Get Help With Addiction Recovery
Memphis overdose incidents are dropping. Alliance Healthcare Services offers addiction recovery, detox, and MAT in Shelby County. Call (901) 369-1410.

Alliance Healthcare Services
Mar 254 min read


Suicide Prevention Facts and Statistics for Memphis and Tennessee
Suicide prevention facts and statistics for Memphis, Shelby County, and Tennessee. Know the warning signs and where to get help. Crisis line: (901) 577-9400.

Alliance Healthcare Services
Mar 206 min read


Adolescent Therapy in Memphis: When Your Teen Needs More Than a Conversation
Is your teen struggling? Adolescent therapy in Memphis can help. Alliance Healthcare Services offers youth counseling. TennCare accepted. Same-day intakes.

Alliance Healthcare Services
Mar 185 min read


One Year of the Crisis Wellness Center: Memphis Is Changing Behavioral Health Crisis Response
One year ago, Alliance opened Memphis' first 24/7 behavioral health crisis center. See the impact, what's next, and how to get help.

Alliance Healthcare Services
Mar 44 min read


Alliance Healthcare Services Promotes Elizabeth Fletcher to Grants Manager
Alliance Healthcare Services is pleased to announce the promotion of Elizabeth (Liz) Fletcher, LMSW, to Grants Manager.

Alliance Healthcare Services
Feb 202 min read


There's New Hope for Memphis Youth Mental Health: Children & Youth Wellness Center Coming Soon
Construction is nearly complete, and we are preparing to open our doors in the coming months. We are proud to share a first look at the Children and Youth Crisis Wellness Center.

Alliance Healthcare Services
Feb 173 min read
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