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Holiday Blues: How to Help With Youth Mental Health

Like many people my age, I grew up in a household where we didn’t have frank conversations about feelings. We…

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Youngkin wants major new funding for mental health services

© Provided by The Associated Press Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announces transformational behavior health care plan at Parham Doctors’ Hospital…

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Improving Mental Health Through Social Media

There’s a distinctly dystopian aspect to the 2022 choices for “word of the year” by prominent dictionaries, including “gaslighting” from…

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Not being isolated helps people with COPD maintain good mental health

© www.BillionPhotos.com/Shutterstock Two-thirds of COPD patients don’t suffer from common mental health issues such as depression, anxiety or addiction to…

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Tell us: Have you ever felt your mental health concerns were dismissed or ignored?

The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded…

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How to Care for Your Mental Health During the Holiday Season

Caring for your mental health can be a struggle year-round, but some find the holidays especially triggering. These tips and…

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Mental Health Matters: Your kids may have anxiety and depression. Here are the signs.

I was on the phone with my dad (who’s in his mid-70s), telling him that my daughter was upset because…

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More than 1,200 families suing social media companies over kids’ mental health

When whistleblower Frances Haugen pulled back the curtain on Facebook last fall, thousands of pages of internal documents showed troubling…

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Resources for adolescent and family mental health support

This week on 60 Minutes, Sharyn Alfonsi reported on the harmful effects social media can have on adolescents across the…

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After body cam footage of fatal police shooting released, some remind to prioritize mental health

MINNEAPOLIS — At a rally Saturday in St. Paul, demands were made for more video be released of the deadly…