Just north of Parker City in the small town of Wakeville, a string of robberies have the residents of the quiet community on edge. Then, when two homes in one of Parker City’s wealthiest neighborhoods are broken into on the same night, PCPD Detectives Ben Winters and Tommy Mason wonder ...
“Sadly, the number of suicides will continue to rise unless we have major changes in this country when it comes to mental illness, health care, overall costs of living and gun control,” she said. Having health insurance for long-term care al...
Tennessee Adds 3 Counties Under Mental Health Initiative More NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials have expanded an initiative for youth and young adults who have experienced a first episode of psychosis. The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services says ...
A long-standing stigma keeps physicians from prioritizing their own mental health, while their jobs require them to routinely grapple with death, grief, and trauma. The culture of medicine encourages them to simply bear it. "Resiliency is a cringe word for me," Miller said. "In medicine, we...
Dozens of U.S. states filed a lawsuit against Meta and its Instagram social media platform on Tuesday, accusing the multinational technology conglomerate of contributing to the mental health crisis in American youth by making them addicted to its product
F. Indeed, die Mind Gym originally planned to hold its sessions in a local health club, until its founders realised where the real money was to be made. Modem companies need flexible, bright thinkers and will seize on anything that claims to create them, especially if it looks like a quic...
Estevan A. Garcia, Dartmouth College; and Renae Mantooth, North Carolina State University and HKS. Adjusting to college life can be challenging, as students navigate newfound independence and more rigorous courses. It can feel especially daunting for students who face mental health challenges,...
Katz, a neurobiologist at Duke University Medical School in North Carolina, argues that just as many of us fail to get enough physical exercise, so we also lack sufficient mental stimulation to keep our brains in trim. Sure we are busy with jobs, family and housework. But most of this ...
The team specifically looked at the mental health of LGBTQ+ workers in the 12 states where work protections were extended -- Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. ...
This cross-sectional study assesses whether receiving unemployment insurance is associated with lower health-related social needs, better health care