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Mental Health

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

U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon recently secured $650,000 in federal funding to support the creation of mobile crisis teams in Delco. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Courts & Law

‘Thinking outside of the box’: Delco leaders plan to dispatch mental health experts alongside police

After crucial federal funding was finally secured, Delco officials plan to dispatch mental health experts alongside police officers during mental health calls.

3 years ago

Martha Stringer shows some of Kimberly's art from high school in their home
Courts & Law
WITF

Bucks County, prison guards sued for pepper spraying, restraining woman with mental illness

A Yardley couple is suing Bucks County and 10 county jail employees over what they allege were civil rights violations against their daughter, 29-year-old Kim Stringer.

3 years ago

Darcy Walker Krause is executive director of Uplift Center for Grieving Children. (Courtesy of Uplift Center)
Community

COVID and gun violence forces the Uplift Center for Grieving Children to pivot in new ways to help

The nonprofit provides grief counseling through peer and crisis support for children and teens grades K-12 who have experienced the death of someone significant in their lives

3 years ago

Listen 6:00
Close up of a psychologist notes and a student's knees during a mental health meeting
NPR
Health

It’s time to screen all kids for anxiety, physicians’ task force recommends

In light of the growing kids' mental health crisis, the group says it's crucial to identify kids who are struggling.

3 years ago

Left: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Feb. 22. Right: Zelenskyy on April 4. (Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images; Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Images of Zelenskyy show the physical toll that trauma and stress can have on the body

Trauma and stress wreak havoc on the human body after prolonged exposure. Over time, sleep, attention, memory, mood, physical appearance and so much else are impacted.

3 years ago

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