Mental Health

This initiative comes in response to a growing recognition of the importance of addressing mental health issues, including grief, among students.

Dr. James Gordon joins us to talk about healing from trauma. His work in conflicts around the world has informed his understanding of what it takes to recover.

The new West Philadelphia location marks the city’s fifth crisis response center for people experiencing mental health emergencies.

Local hospital emergency rooms saw about 2,500 school referrals for Camden County students in mental health crisis last year.

In his new book, “Dear,” Justin Kemp writes about minority teens facing mental health issues and opens up about his own struggles.

NAMI presenters visit eighth graders near Baltimore to have an honest conversation about mental health.

The Delaware Emergency Management Agency’s School Safety and Wellness Suite offers anonymous reporting, crisis messaging, and mental health education.

Through the Return to Learn initiative, the district will enhance support for students facing challenges and high-risk situations.

For the first time on record, the firearm suicide rate for Black teens is higher than for white teens, according to preliminary data from the CDC.

After Mairead McInerney was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, ongoing drug shortages forced her treatment plan to be more grueling than she expected.

In 2022, Pennsylvania lawmakers promised to spend $100 million on adult mental health services. This year’s budget uses the money for a different purpose.

The center will divert people with mental illnesses away from incarceration and into treatment. It’s expected to open by the end of 2024.

In Philly, emergency response often arrives in the form of police officers. A new program seeks a more collaborative approach that addresses residents’ behavioral health needs

The five grantees aim to increase their organization’s workforce, improve accessibility of mental health services, and build new locations.

Philadelphia leaders announced plans to build on 988 services and expand behavioral health crisis options throughout the city in the coming years.