As the days get colder and the wintry chill sets in, we tend to spend more time indoors curled up in our blankets and binge-watching movies or just glued to our screens. As we become less active, our mental health can also suffer. If you’re also someone who feels down most winters, it could probably …
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CHRISTIANSBURG — The Montgomery County Behavioral Health Record, a special program for a small group of defendants with mental health issues, marked its first graduation Thursday with cupcakes, congratulatory banners and the dismissal of charges criminals. “You can go out there and be successful,” Commonwealth barrister Mary Pettitt told the two graduates who attended the …
A recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 90% of people polled – a surprisingly high number – agree that there is a mental health crisis in this country. However, we don’t need survey data to tell us what we already know. People in and around Fredericksburg see it and hear about it …
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A small town on the south coast of Western Australia has come together to transform the residence of a former police sergeant into a safe space for young locals. Key points: The Bridgetown community has created a youth space to help deal with a mental health crisis among its youth The city’s youth were heavily …
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ORANGEVILLE, Ill. – When his father fell ill several years ago, interactions with his doctors stood apart from Rock Falls native Heather Moser. “Going through this interaction with him and really getting an eye-opening look at a lot of different perspectives, from ER visits to neurology visits and all the things that went with him …
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There are New Yorkers fuming around street corners and collapsing on sidewalks next to overloaded handcarts. They can be friendly, angry or suspicious. For me and my colleagues, they are patients. I’m a paramedic lieutenant with the Fire Department’s Office of Emergency Medical Services, and it’s rare to go a day without being called to …
Sixteen-year-old Jack Farrell knows the triggers when his mental health takes a turn for the worse. “When I don’t exercise, I find my mental health declining,” he said. “When I’m active and exercising and eating well and working out, I feel really good.” Jack Farrell wants to see young men open up more to each …
Mental health services in rural areas need urgent attention to ensure farmers’ needs are adequately met, researchers say. Farmers facing worsening mental health issues experience what researchers call a tense “support landscape” in rural areas. A study funded by the ESRC and published today in Rural sociology shows how the Covid-19 pandemic has led to …
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The north side of the Sacramento County Main Jail, seen on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, is just blocks from major downtown landmarks. Xavier Mascarenas xmascarenas@sacbee.com The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors has approved a $450 million proposal to build a new drop-in and mental health clinic at the main jail, an “extraordinary expense” intended to …
Paula Zimbrean, MD, a psychiatrist and associate professor at the Yale School of Medicine, tells SELF that there are a handful of other factors that can influence addiction addiction. These include how your body metabolizes alcohol, whether other mood-altering substances or drugs are in your bloodstream, how much and how quickly you’ve been drinking (the …
