Anndrea Anderson

“She cries line one hard cry and it gets to be so intense that she stops breathing, it’s so scary,” said Courtney.

When an organization changes leadership, it can have a major impact on its future trajectory. Avera Health recently underwent a change at the top with the hiring of a new President and CEO, and he already has big plans for the health system.

With record overdoses and increasing demand for behavioral health services, the mental health and addiction crisis is at an all-time high.A South Dakota doctor went looking for how to address that head on and the answer she found comes from what could be considered an unlikely place, but also one that makes a lot of sense.