Mental Health

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

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.

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

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.

His immigration status — undocumented — stands in the way of obtaining medication and therapy a 15-year-old boy needs for his depression, ADHD, and more.

Psychologist Dan Gottlieb has been a therapist for fifty years – he saw his first client in May of 1969. She was an older woman w ...

Carney proposes $75 million to help low-income students, English language learners, mental health programs in schools.

The Philadelphia Department of Prisons is offering two extra hours out of isolation to ease the mental health impact of segregation on inmates.

Doctor burnout is costing the U.S. health care system a lot — roughly $4.6 billion a year, according to a study published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Children spend a lot of time on screens, which worries many parents. We discuss the effects of screens on kids' mental, physical, emotional, and social health

A new report from the National Women’s Law Center, written with Latina middle and high school students in Philadelphia, found that over ...

As we get ready to observe Memorial Day, Marine Corps Veteran TIMOTH ...

Researchers examined more than 85,000 youth suicides that occurred between 1975 and 2016.

On May 12, 2015, Amtrak Train 188 rounded a corner at 106 miles per hour — more than double the posted speed limit — and derailed in Philadelphia.

Illness can make people feel hopeless – which can in turn affect their prognosis. Psychologist Dan Gottlieb knows this first hand ...