Mental Health
Puerto Rican evacuees’ medical needs include mental health services
“Folks are coming with post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, with anxiety."
6 years ago
Adding hope to health messages may lead to better outcomes
Air Date: March 12, 2018
Listen 03:24Using awkward silences for potentially life-saving conversation about depression
A new ad campaign from the Jed Foundation, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Ad Council encourages teens to talk to friends about depression.
6 years ago
How to help teens look beyond their screens
Air Date: March 5, 2018
Listen 03:36Let’s do something about guns before we have to offer more ‘thoughts and prayers’
I'm not a "thoughts and prayers" kind of guy. For all those we’ve lost and all those we can possibly save, let’s do something before we must once again offer our condolences.
6 years ago
New Jersey camp for family of ALS patients expands to five states
Many children and grandchildren of those with ALS become caregivers, and watching a loved one’s health deteriorate can be stressful and isolating.
6 years ago
Listen 1:21Logs of 911 calls reveal the troubled history of Florida school shooter
On Thursday, Sheriff Scott Israel announced that two deputies are on restrictive duty pending an investigation into whether they followed policy in responding to 911 calls.
6 years ago
In Philly’s black community, charting a way beyond decades of pain toward mental health
Nearly 50 people gathered at the West Philly Library on 52nd Street to talk about mental health in the black community.
6 years ago
The role of cognitive decline in financial elder abuse, and what we can do about it
Cognitive decline robs people of their identity, independence and financial security. The banking industry may be able to help identify it before dire financial impact.
6 years ago
Mass shootings and the conversation around mental health
Air Date: February 16, 2018
Listen 49:28Many African Americans seek out predominantly black churches. An African Methodist Episcopal reverend says separate black spaces can be good for mental health.
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Listen 03:08The black barbershop: care beyond hair
Black barbershops have long been a source of community and support. OB-GYN Pierre Johnson discusses some of the lessons he learned from his days cutting hair.
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Listen 2:17Nurse calls cops after woman seeks help for postpartum depression. Right call?
Four months after having her second baby, Jessica Porten started feeling really irritable. Little things would annoy her, like her glider chair.
6 years ago
Construction begins on new Belmont Behavioral’s new psych hospital
The Philadelphia region is getting its first new psychiatric hospital in more than 50 years.
6 years ago
There’s no right way to grieve
Air Date: January 26, 2018
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