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Mental Health

Mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right.
Radio Times

The Regional Roundup: July 11, 2022

Everything you need to know about Monkeypox right now. Also, the struggles facing NJ produce farmers, and we talk about a Library Company mental health exhibition.

Air Date: July 11, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
People hold signs calling for more mental health support.
Health
NJ Spotlight

N.J. budgets $480.5M to bolster mental health services

Funds are earmarked for children’s programs, suicide prevention, training more mental health professionals, crisis hotline and more.

3 years ago

Protesters who support more abortion restrictions and protestors who upset at the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling removing protections for abortions demonstrate in the lobby of the South Carolina Statehouse on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Columbia South Carolina. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)
Radio Times
Courts & Law

The End of Roe: Protests, Celebration, and the Impact of Being Denied an Abortion

In the immediate aftermath of overturning Roe v. Wade, a look at the abortion debate, access to reproductive healthcare and the challenges for pregnant people turned away.

Air Date: June 30, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:30
Kim Hart steers her horse, Rex, for home after temperatures climbed to high fro the animal's health. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
Radio Times

Regional Roundup: June 20th 2022

A new mental health hotline expected to roll out; carriage horse protesters back on the street; we remember Dr. Fred Simeone who passed away at the age of 86.

Air Date: June 20, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:45
Michael Hannon with his children (Courtesy of Hannon)
Health

A conversation with the author of ‘Black Fathering and Mental Health,’ a new book on navigating the challenges — and embracing the joys — of parenthood

While acknowledging the unique challenges that Black fathers and children face, Hannon’s goal is to also share the joys of being a parent.

3 years ago

Listen 3:18
FILE - A 2021 exhibit of the work of Jasper Johns at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Penn researchers find mental health benefits in visiting museums, including reduced anxiety

A new Penn study shows museums – in particular art museums – are good at reducing anxiety and depression.

3 years ago

A high school student sits on the steps of Schamburg High School in Illinois.
NPR
Education

More states are allowing students to take mental health days off

While a growing number of states are trying to address the mental health crisis among youths, many schools are woefully short of therapists and the budget to hire them.

3 years ago

Students at Cherry Hill High School East staged a sit-in Monday morning in support of teacher Timothy Locke.
Politics & Policy

N.J. committee approves new school safety, teen mental health measures

The Assembly Education Comm. cleared bipartisan legislation that would require each school district to develop a “behavioral threat assessment team.”

3 years ago

Siren light on roof of police car at street.
Courts & Law

N.J. program that pairs police, mental health screeners in South Jersey expands

A program that began in Cumberland Co., pairing a plainclothes state trooper with a certified mental health screener, will expand to Union Co.

3 years ago

The interior of the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia
Health

Please Touch Museum launches summer campaign for kids vaccinations, health awareness

The “Ready. Set. School” campaign will have free days at the children’s museum for health awareness games and COVID shots.

3 years ago

(photo credit, Emma K. Rothenberg)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

A guide to moving through grief

Rebecca Soffer, co-founder of the Modern Loss website and community, shares tools, exercises, thoughts and practical advice for grieving in "The Modern Loss Handbook."

Air Date: June 3, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:46
Framed photographs are hung on a wall with yellow wallpaper.
Arts & Entertainment

Library Company displays patient memoirs from 19th-century asylums

Patient memoirs of 19th-century asylums tell the good, the bad, and the ugly from the early days of institutional mental health treatment.

3 years ago

Myra Maxwell speaks at a podium with a sign stating the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office in front of her.
Community

Philly DA’s office group that offers compassion to victims’ families seeks some for itself

Members of the DA’s office CARES team asked for some compassion for the people working to help others at their worst moments in life.

3 years ago

Children walk hand-in-hand down a tree-lined street, with yellow crime tape visible in the corner.
Education

School counselors sound cry for help after Buffalo shooting

In many schools, the Buffalo shooting and others before it have prompted staff discussions on how they might respond to students' threats of violence.

3 years ago

Picture of a golden retriever.
Community
6abc

Cherry Hill team taking emotional support dogs to Buffalo after mass shooting

The canines will be there to comfort emergency responders, families and friends of the victims, as well as the community.

3 years ago

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