Category Archives: Mental Health

Ive tried to pinpoint the moment I transitioned from a carefree child to a depressed teen, but I cant. There was no event or incident. Continue reading →

WATCH LIVE A former mental health facility in Tinley Park had been vacant for years and now neighbors are calling for something to be done about the abandoned site. Time has not been kind to the Tinley Park Mental Health Center and residents say its become an eyesore and a health hazard. The state left this and just walked away, said resident Nancy OConnor. Continue reading →

Veteran mental health is a key part of a pledge signed by two dozen companies during a ceremony Nov. Continue reading →

Dignity Health and the UniHealth Foundation announced a $4 million grant program Wednesday aimed at providing mental-health awareness training for Southern California school staffers and parents. The Cultural Trauma and Mental Health Resiliency Project is aimed at adults who regularly interact with youth, "particularly youth of color," to detect signs of mental distress and help them cope with trauma. "Our health is affected by poverty, racism, adverse childhood experiences and violence," said Dr. Continue reading →

45,390 American adults died from suicide in 2017, including 6,139 U.S. Continue reading →

Living space inside the new $10 million Behavioral Health Care Center at Northern Rivers Family of Services on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, in Albany, N.Y. Continue reading →

A new study has found that managers with access to mental health training in their workplaces have an improved understanding of mental health overall and that they actively work to help prevent mental health issues in the people they manage. In Sweden, managers are meant to take responsibility for their employees not just regarding their work performance, but also in terms of their health and safety. This new study, which appears in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, is the result of a web survey that queried 4,737 mangers in Sweden to find out how their management skills have improved their workplaces and the wellbeing of their staff Continue reading →

By Bernie Wong Movember November is widely known as Movember, attributable to the organization thats dedicated to raising awareness about health issues specific to men such as prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men's suicide and mental health. When it comes to mental health, the numbers for suicide are actually going in the wrong direction in the U.S., as well as globally, shared Mark Hedstrom, Movembers U.S. executive director Continue reading →

BOULDER, Colo. -- Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder may have come up with a way to help people discreetly seek help for mental health. An app that could change the way clinicians diagnose mental illness. Continue reading →

A privately run mental health unit has been banned from admitting new patients after inspectors found numerous safety failings, one of which led to a resident dying by hanging. Continue reading →