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Mental Health

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Health

A codependent’s guide to codependency

When people are in unhealthy or unbalanced relationships, we often use a term to describe them: codependent. But what does that actually mean?

6 years ago

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Students rally outside School District headquarters on Jan. 30 demanding better mental health services in schools. (Courtesy of Rebekah Canty)
Education
The Notebook

In Philly, creating more trauma-informed schools requires a change of culture

“The world of thinking about trauma, the importance of school climate and social-emotional learning is 20, 30, 40 years behind the world of instruction."

6 years ago

Martha Stringer holds a photo of her daughter, Kim, from when she was in high school. Kim lives with a serious mental illness. Her parents have struggled to get Kim help, because Kim often refuses treatment. (Brett Sholtis / Transforming Health)
Politics & Policy

This mental health law passed with broad support. Why aren’t counties using it?

One county mental health administrator said the way the law was written makes it 'impossible' for counties to take advantage of it.

6 years ago

In this photo provided by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, federal agents from the HHS Office of Inspector General prepare for operations in the Atlanta region Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. (Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General / via AP)
Health

Deaths of people with intellectual disabilities in Pa. went unreported, says federal regulator

Thousands of unreported “critical incidents,” including two deaths and cases of abuse and neglect, were found in an audit of medical claims.

6 years ago

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The Pulse
Health

How psychology is just catching up with the effects of online hate

When online creators get hateful comments — who can help?

6 years ago

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A person bags psilocybin mushrooms at a pop-up cannabis market in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
The Pulse
Science

How researchers and advocates of color are forging their own paths in psychedelic-assisted therapy

After a long history of erasure, communities of color are reclaiming psychedelic traditions to heal from trauma.

6 years ago

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People dance around a campfire. (Vadim Rimakov/ AP Photo)
The Pulse
Health

Losing your friends, and maybe your mind, in the Pinelands

Two friends dropping acid on an annual camping trip, what could possibly go wrong?

6 years ago

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(Boris Austin/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Hope, happiness and social connection: hidden benefits of regular exercise

If ever there was a time to up your fitness game, the arrival of the new year and the new decade is it.

6 years ago

A sign describes the governor's
Health

Governor Wolf promises action on mental health, but doesn’t say how it will be funded

The governor's office says the plan is "aimed at expanding resources" as well as fighting stigma, but said it's too early to talk funding or structure.

6 years ago

Stephanie Kindt (left) and Aaron Levy are the curators of Listening Lab, a year-long traveling exhibit that tells the stories of doctors and patients and explores the ways in which listening can improve care. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

This Philly lab wants doctors to try a new medicine: listening

The Listening Lab will tour Penn Medicine’s hospitals to encourage compassionate listening.

6 years ago

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People silhouetted against a Christmas display, at a park in Lenexa, Kan. Most Americans say the holiday season makes them feel very grateful and generous — but many report feeling stressed, too according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (Charlie Riedel/AP Photo)
Community

Poll: Americans grateful at holidays — and a bit stressed

Wade Holcomb has a lot to be grateful for this year. In addition to graduating college and getting a job, he also has a beautiful 4-month-old girl.

6 years ago

Members of Virgil's family picking up a donated portrait of him this December. (Courtesy of Sandy Ross)
Community
Kids in the Crossfire

When gun violence steals the cheer from a family’s holiday

Among those who have lost loved ones, trauma and grief can be magnified at this time of year. Finding what helps them get through can take time.

6 years ago

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The effort involves people voluntarily turning in their firearms during times of personal crisis. (Brett Sholtis/Transforming Health)
Community
PA Post

Two firearms safety instructors have a plan to prevent suicides among gun owners

The effort involves people voluntarily turning in their firearms during times of personal crisis.

6 years ago

Shannon Goyette visits her son Jacob's grave in Shirley, Mass. The 16-year-old died by suicide last year. (Meredith Nierman/WGBH)
NPR
Education

Massachusetts case probes the role schools play in teen suicide prevention

Christina worried when she found her 16-year-old boyfriend, Jacob Goyette, drunk and crying at school in the spring of 2018.

6 years ago

The holiday party season can be a particularly stressful time for people with social anxiety. But healthy ways to cope abound. (Tracy Lee for NPR)
NPR
Lifestyle

Holiday parties make you squirm? Here’s how to conquer social anxiety

"If I say the word 'circus,' it means I'm ready to leave the party." That's what Angie Ebba, 39, of Portland, Ore., tells close friends when she's at a holiday soiree.

6 years ago

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