Behavioral Health
Philly women of color offer stories of hope amid struggle for mental health
Vanessa Hazzard and Iresha Picot want more people of color to feel comfortable talking about mental health care. Statistics show t ...
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Helping doctors help Pa. kids without over reliance on psychiatric drugs
After two years of progress reducing how often Pennsylvania kids on Medicaid are prescribed psychiatric medications, the state is offerin ...
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Are good care and compassion lost in efforts to curb opioid prescriptions?
“I feel like I have to re-prove myself every time I go to the doctor” — a patient and a health policy expert weigh in on Am ...
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Even in kids, meditation can improve focus in classroom
Chelsea Silver has been meditating for more than four years. She’s kind of a meditation pro, and she’s only in the fourth gra ...
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Healing Works hub offers culturally aware help for trauma
A new initiative is trying to combine resources for all organizations serving young men of color. One of the goals is to bring attention ...
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Delaware County company leads way in recruiting job candidates on autism spectrum
As companies begin to think more critically about how to attract and retain job candidates on the autism spectrum, SAP, a global software ...
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Anti-anxiety drugs combined with opioids can be deadly
Anti-anxiety sedatives such as Ativan, Xanax and Valium may not be as safe as once thought. Known as benzodiazepines, the drugs wo ...
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Increased depression not an issue for transgender kids with support
New research has found that transgender children who receive social and family support during their transition do not suffer from a highe ...
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Stretching psychiatric care in rural Pennsylvania
Just 10 psychiatrists are available for every 100,000 people in Pennsylvania, and they tend to cluster in urban areas. Some don’t a ...
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Reminding people of common roots can undercut racial bias, study finds
Scientists have discovered that implicit racial bias may diminish when people are reminded of shared group identities. The researc ...
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Treating people with psychosis early, before their lives are derailed
Some of the most severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder tend to be accompanied by psychosis. People have visio ...
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Philadelphia family prevails in court, forcing insurer to pay for autism services in school
After a failed appeal, Independence Blue Cross must cover in-school autism support services for a Philadelphia student. In Novembe ...
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New Jersey creating new alert system for ‘most vulnerable’ missing people
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a new law that creates a special missing person alert for people with mental, intellectual or devel ...
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New research points to opportunities for suicide prevention in the ER
About 10 percent of those who die by suicide had been seen in an emergency room six weeks prior to their death, according to a new study. ...
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Letter from ex-wife of Stone Temple Pilots singer resonates with those hurt by addiction
After Scott Weiland, lead singer of the Stone Temple Pilots passed away in early December, his ex-wife, Mary Forsberg Weiland, wrote an < ...
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