Behavioral Health
Some N.J. providers embrace suicide-prevention approach that emphasizes screening
In New Jersey, hundreds of health providers turned out to a conference on suicide prevention Tuesday — a gathering organizers say would ...
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During opioid crisis, Camden leaders put life-saving needle exchange in peril
With a staggering 64,000 Americans killed by drug overdoses last year according to the Centers for Disease Control, needle-exchange progr ...
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In times of disaster, support, love, and kindness keep us sane
Over the last several months we have been hit with events of terror, tragedy, disaster, and political upheaval. With today’s 16th a ...
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New Jersey mom takes story of daughter’s opioid death, role of drug company, to Congress
Deborah Fuller is nervous. The Camden County, New Jersey, resident is going before Congress next week to testify at a hearing on the role ...
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Grants helps CHOP connect with teen moms on family-planning options
Thanks to a new grant, doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will be talking to teen moms about their options for fami ...
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Penn study: ACA insurance plans offer few choices in mental health care providers
A new study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has found that health insurance plans available in the marketplaces establis ...
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New Jersey offers incentives for psychiatrists to set up shop in rural, low-income areas
Amid a national shortage of psychiatrists, residents of rural and low-income areas feel are feeling the pinch more strongly. Ech ...
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Study finds one in three Philadelphia residents used an opioid last year
One third of adults in Philadelphia have used an opioid in the last year, and the majority of those drugs came directly from a doctor. Th ...
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Cleanup work along Philly Conrail tracks reaches ‘El Campamento’ heroin haven
As the second week of clearing out the heroin havens along the Conrail railroad gulch in Philadelphia’s Kensington section draws to ...
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Philly outreach presence scales down as cleanup of Conrail drug haven continues
As work progressed on the cleanup of the Conrail tracks frequented by heroin users in Philadelphia’s Kensington and Fairh ...
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Philadelphia and Conrail launch work to clear railroad heroin encampment
Philadelphia and Conrail are starting work today on a plan to clean up a notorious stretch of tracks in the Kensington and Fairhill neigh ...
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Conrail cleanup challenge: helping Philly heroin users into treatment
Dominic Taraborrelli’s house on Tusculum Street faces ground zero of Philadelphia’s heroin epidemic. Weeds and bushes obscure ...
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New Jersey is third state to raise smoking age to 21
New Jersey has become the third state in the country to raise its smoking age to 21. Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed into la ...
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Focusing awareness, understanding on helping traumatized kids heal
The goal is a lofty one — to transform the city of Philadelphia. Organizers of Greater Philadelphia Trauma Training Conference are goin ...
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Double the data: studying space’s impact on identical twins
Astronauts often become lab rats of sorts – scientists have an intense interest in studying how space affects their bodies and mind ...
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