Mental Health

As different as this year is, the cold is still coming.

Sarcasm, trading insults, in-jokes continue a tradition that began when the first enslaved Africans arrived here back in 1619.

Some people laugh when they want to cry, or cry when they want to laugh. Turns out, there’s a type of emotion regulation at work.

When my spouse spent 48 weeks on chemo, I got markers and paper lunch bags, and tried the gallows humor thing.

Attorney Shaka Johnson described as-yet-unseen footage that shows the minutes before two unnamed officers fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr.

The department has a clear “disconnect” in terms of mental health resources, Commissioner Outlaw said.

We discuss mental health and policing around the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. in Philadelphia. Then, the dark money influencing the 2020 election.

Quality care is critical right now, therapists said, as Black men absorb both the effects of the pandemic and the impact of racism and police brutality.

If watching feels necessary or inevitable, there are methods to cope.

West Philadelphians described their own efforts to de-escalate conflicts and heal their community as they mourned the police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.

Instead of de-escalating a situation in which an ambulance was sought, officers who arrived escalated it, said the attorney representing Wallace’s family.

Doom-scrolling much? Nearly 70% of Americans report feeling stressed about politics. We're sleepless and irritable, and our heads hurt. Here's how some people are coping.

Applications to the Well City Challenge will be accepted Oct. 26 through Nov. 20.

Mental health advocates say the move will bring mental health crisis response into the 21st century.

These days, there are many reasons to open your heart to others, but it's easy to get exhausted. Try these tips honed by social workers for staying healthy and empathetic.