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Tag Archives: Mental Health
Experts recommends PA educators, parents prioritize student mental health
A new checklist from the mental health advocacy organization Inseparable aims to help parents and teachers identify and address children’s mental health needs.
Report: PA excels in 988 response, falls short for workforce, capacity, funding
A mental health report in Pennsylvania showed a strong response rate of 89% for 988 crisis line calls. However, it showed there is room for improvement in staffing, handling call volume, and funding.
Expert: Practical tools, neuroscience help parents build mentally strong kids
As Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week kicks off in Pennsylvania, an expert said parents can help their children have a healthy brain to thrive.
Mental Health Courts Can Struggle to Fulfill Decades-Old Promise
By Sam Whitehead, Kaiser Health News GAINESVILLE, Ga. — In early December, Donald Brown stood nervously in the Hall County Courthouse, concerned he’d be sent back to jail. The 55-year-old struggles with depression, addiction, and suicidal thoughts. He worried a judge would terminate him from a special diversion program meant to keep people with mental illness …
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Teaching positive psychology skills at school may be one way to help student mental health and happiness
Kai Zhuang Shum, University of Tennessee Youth mental health has worsened significantly over the past decade, but new interventions that teach positive psychology concepts in school may help. American young people are reporting historically high levels of hopelessness, sadness and loneliness. According to the most recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 20% …
Opinion: PA leads the way in early mental health and wellness tools, access for young people
By Bob McCullough, Pennsylvania Capital-StarNovember 28, 2023 We are in the midst of a mental health crisis here in the United States and young people, sadly, are not immune. The prevalence of mental health challenges for young people is well-documented, but access to mental health services remains extremely limited. The pandemic exacerbated mental health issues …
Groups Address Mental Health Challenges Facing ‘Gen Z’
Christine Michaels, CEO of NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania, said coming out of the pandemic has been the biggest challenge facing Gen Z.
Mental Health Respite Facilities Are Filling Care Gaps in Over a Dozen States
Public health professionals say respite facilities can potentially play a big role in addressing a national mental health crisis that accelerated dramatically during the covid-19 pandemic, especially when it comes to suicide prevention.
Our HAIR Project Empowers Mental Health, Well Being in Communities of Color
In Pennsylvania, the Our HAIR initiative program will provide mental health support for Medicaid members at local Black salons and barbershops, and help to reduce the stigma often associated with mental health issues in communities of color.