Behavioral Health

At best, people are stuck inside. At worst, they’re working in incredibly stressful conditions, or isolated from friends and family. This is not an easy time.

In the U.S., 6,000 young people are wounded in gun violence each year. The victims are almost never the intended targets, but they're still left with the trauma of the event.

The mental health consequences of sheltering in place and social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic can be overwhelming. Here are some ways to cope.

Intended to protect the physical health of young patients at behavioral facilities, the guidelines can exact a toll on their mental health, too.

It’s normal for friendships to end. How can we approach that in a way that minimizes damage — and leads to healing?

We discuss the importance of staying socially connected even when apart and the acts of kindness that are inspiring people during the pandemic.

Many of us are burrowing in for a few weeks of social distancing as the virus amps up anxiety levels everywhere. Shopping helps, an expert says.

Many people practice remembering their dreams to help with clarity, creativity, or problem solving.

City Council passed the measure, 15-2, as groups both in support of and against Safehouse showed up in force bearing signs representing their positions.

Sadness seemingly comes out of nowhere sometimes: a song, a photo, a movie scene, a memory, and there it is. Your heart seems heavy. Tear ...

Earlier, City Councilmember David Oh introduced, to wide support among his outraged colleagues, a bill that will effectively ban such sites in Philadelphia.

U.S. Attorney William McSwain’s suit to stop the facility “overlooks the complexity” of the situation, the judge said.

Health advocates and Camden County leaders are giving out free fentanyl test strips in an effort to reduce overdoses.

Cases pending in Philadelphia courts allege children were tied up with duct tape by a driver paid for by the state to take them to preschool.

How a subreddit dedicated to strangers’ problems taps into our human desire for fairness