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Mental Health

Isis Kirton, 25, in her Philadelphia home and creative space. (Tezarah Wilkins / Love Now Media)
Health
Love Now Media

Small Doses, Big Difference: How a young Philadelphia Artist creatively addresses mental and health wellness

Isis, a Delaware College of Art & Design graduate and co-founder of KLIK photography collective, has used the power of art to tell the stories of Black women.

4 years ago

A girl looks out of her bedroom window as the sun is setting
NPR
Health

Pediatricians say the mental health crisis among kids has become a national emergency

Three leading pediatric health organizations are sounding the alarm about "soaring rates" of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts among children and adolescents.

4 years ago

David W.C. MacMillan, one of two winners of the Nobel Prize for chemistry, smiles as he is interviewed outside the Frick Chemistry Laboratory and Department of Chemistry at Princeton University, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, in Princeton, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 10/18/21

A Nobel Prize winner joins us. And, what does the American Heart Association have to say about salt and aspirin?

Air Date: October 18, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Iresha Picot sits on a stool in her home
Community

Meet Iresha ‘da hood therapist’ Picot, Instagram healer

Iresha ‘da hood therapist’ Picot is a licensed behavioral therapist who has built a community around a practice of self-care that she says she didn’t have growing up.

4 years ago

Listen 2:04
A shortage of school bus drivers in some communities across the country is causing headaches for school districts this fall. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 10/4/21

Is the school bus driver shortage getting any better? With long wait times for testing and licenses, and more families driving kids to school every day - experts hope it is.

Air Date: October 4, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
A stone angel stands amid the numbered graves in the Spiral Cemetery
Community

Restoring ‘respect and dignity’ to 777 souls who died at Delaware psychiatric hospital and were buried in numbered graves

A 2016 monument identifying hundreds of previously unnamed graves near the Delaware psychiatric hospital is getting a facelift to better honor those buried there.

4 years ago

Listen 4:57
Noting an increase in children dealing with anxiety and depression, N.J. launched a new corner of its COVID-19 website dedicated to resources for young people. (sewcream/BigStock)
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Resources offered for young people dealing with mental health challenges

Noting an increase in children dealing with anxiety and depression, N.J. launched a new corner of its COVID-19 website dedicated to resources for young people.

4 years ago

State Rep. Kevin Boyle stands behind a podium
Politics & Policy

Wolf calls on Rep. Boyle to resign following arrest and reports of mental health struggles

Gov. Tom Wolf said Boyle needs to resign and receive mental health treatment, following his arrest on charges of violating a protection from abuse order and harassment.

4 years ago

Pat Loughney (right) cared for his wife, Candy, in their home until she went into anaphylactic shock after eating medicated soap. Candy is one of 280,000 Pennsylvanians over the age of 64 living with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia. (Quinn Glabicki for Spotlight PA / Publicsource)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pa.’s looming dementia care crisis, by the numbers

Pennsylvania is headed for a profound eldercare crisis, experts warn.

4 years ago

After her diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sarah Nannery & her husband, Larry, wrote a book. (Publisher/Simon & Schuster)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Relationships and Autism Spectrum Disorder

What to Say Next: Successful Communication in Work, Life, and Love—with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Air Date: September 14, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
People evacuate after flooding.
Health

How to cope with the anxiety Ida left behind with all that damage

Experts recommend giving yourself space and time to feel the sadness and outrage as you look for a path to recovery from the losses.

4 years ago

O’Hara’s Restaurant and Pub, a few blocks from the World Trade Center has become a place to remember 9/11. (Hannah Fullmer for WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

In New York 20 years on, O’Hara’s honors 9/11 and first responders

Owner Mike Keane was at the bar the day the towers came down just two blocks away. He works to keep the memory alive.

4 years ago

Listen 06:42
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Never Forget: Collective memory and trauma on the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11th

Conversations about that day, which took 2,977 lives, start with “Where were you when it happened?” and “What do you remember?”

Air Date: September 9, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Steam is seen coming off of a hot cup of tea
NPR
Health

6 tips for coping with COVID anxiety this fall and winter

It's clear the next couple of seasons won't be the "life as usual" we all hoped for. Rituals, deep breathing and reaching out to friends are just a few ways to manage anxiety

4 years ago

The pandemic continues to take a toll on children’s mental health. (Image via Pexels)
The Pulse
Health

Will the kids be all right?

The pandemic continues to take a toll on children’s mental health

4 years ago

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