
Mental Health
Mass shootings and the conversation around mental health
Guests: Jennifer Mascia, Mark Salzer, Joshua Hazelton Wednesday’s school shooting in Florida ...
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.
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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.
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There’s no right way to grieve
Guests: Megan Devine, Julia Cooper All of us will experience the death of a loved one in our lives, yet many of u ...
Air Date: January 26, 2018
Listen 49:29Local specialists echo national concerns over ending behavioral health registry
Behavioral Health practitioners nationwide have used the registry’s list of hundreds of evidence-based practices as the industry standard for what works.
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Delaware wants to ban guns for those suffering from mental illnesses
Gov. John Carney, D-Delaware and state legislators introduced a bill that aims to prevent guns from getting into the hands of those with mental illnesses.
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Heeding science, some Pennsylvania school districts push back high school start times
Later school start times could mean teenagers are more likely to get adequate amounts of sleep, according to research published last month by Penn State researchers.
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The sexual assault epidemic no one talks about
Unpublished Justice Department data on sex crimes shows that people with intellectual disabilities are seven times more likely to be victims of sexual assault.
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‘A very stable genius’: Trump responds to renewed criticism of his mental state
President Trump insisted Saturday that he is "a very stable genius."
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Philly program steps up efforts with families, schools to address early psychosis in kids
Psychosis is a set of experiences that relate to finding reality confusing or unclear. Not all people who experience it have schizophrenia.
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Listen 4:54Mercer County, N.J., school officials set meeting on rising teen suicide rate
Seven suicides among teens in Mercer County, New Jersey, have the county’s school superintendents calling for action.
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What’s the harm in ‘bleeding green’?
Eagles fans are known for their passion and commitment to the team — which often comes with high stress levels. But is it really good for our health to be so invested?
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If I lose my chronic depression, how much of myself will go with it?
Until now, I have had little hope that my depression would ever really go away.
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