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Mental Health

Removing plaster from the ceiling involves yanking it down onto your head, until you are calf-deep in broken plaster. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

Warning: Renovating your house can damage your health

Among the telltale signs are: questionable judgment; willingness to take on backbreaking labor; inability to delegate tasks. And stress, lots of stress.

7 years ago

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New Jersey State Police cars parked on West State Street, Trenton, outside the capitol complex. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

New Jersey rolls out training program to reduce police suicides

New Jersey hopes a new training program will stem the rising rate of suicides by police officers.

7 years ago

The mood boost of talking to strangers may seem fleeting, but the research on well-being, scientists say, suggests that a happy life is made up of a high frequency of positive events. Even small positive experiences — chatting with a stranger in an elevator — can make a difference. (Olivia Falcigno/NPR)
NPR
Health

Want to feel happier today? Try talking to a stranger

Happiness, says one researcher, is the sum of many positive moments throughout the day. Something as simple as a friendly chat in the elevator can boost your mood.

7 years ago

Martha Stringer holds a photo of her daughter, Kim, from when she was in high school. Kim is 27 now. (Brett Sholtis/WITF)
The Why
Health

Bucks family’s struggle with Pa.’s mental health system

Kim Stringer has struggled with mental illness for a decade, but her parents can't get her committed. Why a recent change in state law meant to help doesn't go far enough.

Air Date: July 22, 2019

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A federally funded study is testing aerobic exercise as a way to prevent the development of Alzheimer's disease.
NPR
Health

Is aerobic exercise the right prescription for staving off Alzheimer’s?

Researchers are prescribing exercise as if it were a drug in a study that aims to see if it can prevent Alzheimer's disease.

7 years ago

The Pulse
Health

Does the moon affect bipolar disorder?

Science has largely debunked the idea that the moon influences our behavior — but recent research is questioning that modern wisdom.

7 years ago

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MRI scan or magnetic resonance image of head and brain scan. Close up view
Health

New clinic plans to treat resistant PTSD with psychedelic drug

The Landing, which plans to open in Wyndmoor in the fall, hopes to get FDA approval to offer psychotherapy assisted by MDMA, also known as ecstacy.

7 years ago

Martha Stringer holds a photo of her daughter, Kim, from when she was in high school. Kim is 27 now. (Brett Sholtis/WITF)
Health

Praying for involuntary commitment: One family struggles to help their bipolar daughter

On a rainy day in June, Kim stood in her house in Levittown. The room was unlit, smelled of rotting food and was cluttered with things Kim had collected.

7 years ago

Art therapist Jessica Masino Drass (left) works with Derricia Smith. (Anne Hoffman)
Health

Spacing out or guarding against trauma? Philly teen finds self-care in dissociation

Derricia Smith, 17, reflects on her experience with an elegant safeguard of the mind when it faces trauma, in this essay for Philly Audio Diaries.

7 years ago

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Salesperson Cheri McFarland works on a sales computer in front of displayed marijuana products at Beyond/Hello, Center City Philadelphia's first medical marijuana dispensary on Jan. 24, 2019. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Health

Anxiety disorder, Tourette syndrome added to medical marijuana approved conditions in Pa.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health has added anxiety disorders and Tourette syndrome to the list of medical conditions approved for receiving medical marijuana.

7 years ago

Keyri Artillero, 14, stands in the hallway of Franklin Learning Center, right outside of La Puerta Abierta's meeting room. 
 (Elizabeth Estrada/WHYY)
Community

Young and undocumented in Philly: How teens are finding support and community

Being in a new country, learning a new culture and language — it’s a lot to digest. At three Philly schools, students approach things as a group.

7 years ago

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Here to help: (Left to right) Danna Bodenheimer, Walnut Psychotherapy Center founder and director, Gabriel Snell, practice manager, and Biany Pérez, clinical coordinator. (Laura Smythe/Philadelphia Gay News)
Health
Broke in Philly

LGBTQ-focused therapy center offers scholarships for transpeople of color

Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults are more than twice as likely as their non-identifying peers to experience a mental-health condition.

7 years ago

A clock at top counts down intervals between checks on inmates in the booking area holding cells at the Lake County Jail in Lakeport, Calif., on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Major reforms were put in place at the jail following the 2015 suicide of a woman with a history of mental health problems who had repeatedly begged for help. Her son’s lawsuit resulted in $2 million wrongful death settlement. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Courts & Law

A look at the issue of mentally ill inmates in jails

Jails face increasing pressures as they house large numbers of mentally ill and addicted inmates. But the policies that contributed to this problem are decades in the making.

7 years ago

This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy. (Toby Talbot/AP Photo)
Health

In Pennsylvania, ‘deaths of despair’ are 50% higher than the national average

Deaths connected to suicide, drugs, and alcohol are soaring among millennials nationwide, and hitting Pennsylvania especially hard.

7 years ago

Nick James is a 32-year-old sheep farmer from Nathalia, Victoria. He says the drought has affected his mental health and he's chosen to talk about it in the hopes that others will get the help they need, as he has. (Ashley Ahearn/for WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

In drought-stricken Australia, farmers struggle with mental health issues, and learn to ask for help

The identity of Australian farmers is under threat as fire, flood, drought, and rising feed and water costs make it harder for them to stay economically viable.

7 years ago

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