Mental Hygiene

The Chautauqua County Department of Mental Hygiene (CCDMH) is partnering with Combat Addiction CHQ and the HEALing Communities Study to offer free naloxone training to the public at the Prendergast Library in Jamestown, N.Y.

County Executive Paul M. Wendel, Jr. will proclaim the month of May as Mental Health Awareness Month. Jamestown Community College (JCC), Jamestown Campus, will host the proclamation this year.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Chautauqua County's Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA), the Department of Mental Hygiene and Social Services (MHSS) and community partners are again uniting to help raise awareness of the role we collectively play in ensuring great childhoods for all children. The theme of this month is "Working Together to Strengthen Families."

County officials are monitoring the emergence of a dangerous substance in the local illegal drug supply.  Xylazine, a non-opioid veterinary tranquilizer not approved for human use, is being found mixed with fentanyl and other opioids in communities nationwide.  Added to these street drugs to extend their effects, xylazine (“tranq”) also increases