Mental Health

Americans are deeply divided on so many issues these days; gun control, climate change, and immigration, just to name a few. But in his n ...

Julia Chapman knows her mental illness played a role in heroin use.

After losing her feet and parts of her legs, circus performer Erin Ball thought her life and the work she loved were over.

Two people recount the after effects of breast cancer surgery.

Our bodies are ours, but how we feel about them is largely defined by others — by the things people say, the culture we live in, the me ...

Josh Sterner had good psychiatric care, a therapist and access to medication. None of that prevented his death.

The West Philly university recently established a quiet space in its arena where kids with autism can escape from triggering sounds.

On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered at the Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood for WURD's second annual "Empowerment Experience."

More than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses last year alone, according to the CDC. That number marks a nearly 10 percent increase from 2016.

Guests: Tasha Eurich, David Dunning We all know someone–a co-worker, friend, or family member–who is ...

Guests: Jamie Bernstein, Gregory Pardlo, Casey Gerald On this Thanksgiving Day, we’re going to listen back to t ...

A lot of us will be spending time with our family around the holidays. Families are powerful environments – with so much capacity for l ...

Guests: Sigrid Veasey, Ilene Rosen, Lauren Hale Getting a bad night’s sleep feels awful. And in recent years we ...

Ever sit down to Thanksgiving dinner, look around at the shining faces of your family, and think to yourself: “How the heck am I relate ...

In the 12 years since Harrisburg State Hospital closed, state funding for community mental health services has decreased, leaving services 'stretched thin.'