Mental Health

The partnership with Uplift is due to concerns about the impact of isolation.

New Jersey funeral homes and cemeteries accustomed to handling a certain number of deaths per week were suddenly facing two or three times that.

Princeton economists Angus Deaton and Anne Case discuss their book, "Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism" about income inequality and increased morbidity.

The city wants Philadelphians to know they are not alone — particularly amid increased uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

Psychologists find that “guilty pleasures” may be valuable in fighting the feelings of loneliness our current isolation-at-home can bring.

It feels like we’ve been invaded by an invisible enemy — so scary we don’t even want to go to the grocery store. Inside of hospital ...

For many young people sheltering at home means missing milestones and public recognition of their achievements.

The idea that you should be optimizing your quarantine time is everywhere. But resisting productivity culture and letting yourself be bored is essential to your well-being.

We dive into why you're not feeling very productive right now and why we miss human touch so much.

How America’s mental health care system is creating crises instead of preventing them.

The COVID-19 outbreak is creating increased demand for mental health services — lots of people are feeling anxious, or are getting depr ...

At best, people are stuck inside. At worst, they’re working in incredibly stressful conditions, or isolated from friends and family. This is not an easy time.

In the U.S., 6,000 young people are wounded in gun violence each year. The victims are almost never the intended targets, but they're still left with the trauma of the event.

If you’re stuck at home and feeling lonely, it’s more than heartache you need to be worried about. Loneliness could contribute to a poor immune response.

Across the Philly region, many mental health providers have moved services online.