By Mike Harris Thursday, October 26th, 2023 UCSB Gevirtz School’s Department of Counseling, Clinical and School Psychology professors, left to right, Michael Furlong, Arlene Ortiz, Jon Goodwin and Erin Dowdy. (courtesy photo) UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education and three other universities are launching a national center to expand the country’s school-based mental…

The long time CEO of Pawnee Mental Health is calling it a career. Robbin Cole announced Thursday on KMAN’s In Focus that she’s retiring after 28 years with the organization, including the last 18 as its CEO. She says things are looking better for community mental health than they have at any point in her…

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – Mental Health challenges can follow traumatic events like the mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, which also marked another mass shooting in the United States. With this type of news often comes numbness, sadness, and fear, but Dr. Diedre Hussey, the behavioral health clinical supervisor at the Baystate Family Advocacy Center in…

RICHMOND, Ky. (WKYT) – Following a scary situation onboard an Alaska Airlines plane, where an off-duty pilot tried to shut down the aircraft’s engines mid-flight, WKYT is trying to learn more about mental health in high-stress jobs. Experts say it can be hard for people to disclose their mental health issues when their job could…

Source: Kelly / Pexels The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on people’s mental health, with steady streams of research articles that revealed higher rates of drug overdoses, increased alcohol consumption in many countries, greater levels of prolonged grief, heightened anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders, relationship distress, learning and developmental delays, and increased work-family tensions. Because these stressors…

Mercy Community Healthcare hosted its seventh annual fall fundraising dinner at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church in downtown Franklin last week.  The event held on Oct. 20 aimed to raise $25,000 for the continuation and improvement of Mercy’s services — especially in the nationally oversaturated and much needed mental health field. “It’s really important…

Swiss Re lifts hood on its ‘holistic’ approach to mental health underwriting | Insurance Business America Life & Health Swiss Re lifts hood on its ‘holistic’ approach to mental health underwriting Global head speaks on role of insurance in mental health progress Life & Health By Gia Snape Oct 26, 2023 Share The stigma around…

The mental health crisis among children and youth is on the rise, as is glaringly evident in gridlocked emergency rooms around the country. Schools, communities, and clinics have also seen an influx of youth with mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, and behavioral disruption, along with higher suicide rates during the Covid-19 pandemic.…