Mental Health

You don't even have to own one. Research shows just 5 to 20 minutes interacting with other people's pooches can reduce stress hormones and increase well-being.

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.

Dresser says the evidence suggests that heat can influence us in sometimes-indiscernible ways.

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.

The 3-digit suicide prevention lifeline went live a year ago. More work is needed on the 988 system, but the first year has gone more smoothly than many expected.

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

There have been nearly a dozen mass shootings this month and a total 346 mass shootings so far this year — each one leaving a heavy toll for communities around them.

Historian Martha Hodes explores what happened to her own memories, and how she tried to get them back, after being held hostage on an airplane in 1970 in her new memoir.

Mobile crisis program supporters say additional funding will help to better staff professional teams and improve response times.

We dive into the mysterious part of the brain that holds our memories to explore what we remember and what we forget. We'll talk with a memory investigator.

Carlie Ostrom thought she had her life planned out until she suffered a traumatic brain injury and lost her sense of self.

$34 million would go toward workforce development and retention in the behavioral health field, including training, paid internships, loan repayment, and tuition assistance.