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Mental Health

Judie Shape, center, who has tested positive for the new coronavirus, but isn't showing symptoms, opens a care package of art supplies from her daughter and her son-in-law, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, as they talk on the phone and look at each other through a window at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
The Pulse
Health

The psychological toll of living in quarantine or isolation

More people are living this way because of the new coronavirus. What does that look like, and what does it do to someone's mental state?

6 years ago

Listen 8:44
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Community

Isolate and chill, fostering pups, and other ways Philly is coping during social distancing

Need ideas on how to keep your mind busy and stay social as places in the region increasingly feel like ghost towns? These people have some suggestions.

6 years ago

Many people practice remembering their dreams. What's the use in that? (Image courtesy of val.pearl/Flickr)
The Pulse
Science

Vivid dreams and their role in waking life

Many people practice remembering their dreams to help with clarity, creativity, or problem solving.

6 years ago

Listen 9:10
The Pulse
Science

The Anatomy of Sadness

Sadness seemingly comes out of nowhere sometimes: a song, a photo, a movie scene, a memory, and there it is. Your heart seems heavy. Tear ...

Air Date: February 28, 2020

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Health
Broke in Philly

My cousin’s experience with childhood trauma

We know the effect of things like second-hand smoke and lead paint on the developing brain, but we need to pay more attention to toxic emotional stress, too.

6 years ago

Officials hope promising anti-violence program can prevent repeat trips to the ER. (Pixabay via Pexels)
Health
NJ Spotlight

N.J. state to expand hospital-based programs to help victims break cycle of violence

Specially trained workers meet with victims at bedside and help them make changes that reduce chances they will be reinjured

6 years ago

In this Jan. 20, 2018 file photo, a marcher carries a sign with the popular Twitter hashtag #MeToo used by people speaking out against sexual harassment as she takes part in a Women's March in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Health

New fund helps Pa. abuse survivors pay for counseling without involving police

Pennsylvania residents who’ve experienced sexual assault can apply for a share of $5 million to pay for counseling — even if they never reported it.

6 years ago

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The Pulse
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

Listen 11:08
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

(mast3r/Big Stock Photo)
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

Listen 8:06
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

Listen 11:54
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

Listen 7:18
(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

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