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Today’s adolescents are experiencing a mental health crisis declared a “national emergency” by the American Academy of Pediatrics. According to CDC data from 2021, 42 percent of high school students experienced “persistent feelings of sadness” in the past year. The issue is particularly pronounced among Read More …
Musical talent will be on display Friday at Walt Whitman High School as competitors battle it out in Lip Sing 2024, a performance to raise money for scholarships. Teachers, students and administrators from around the district will take the stage starting at 7 p.m. Project Read More …
Two Half Hollow Hills graduates have developed an app dealing with mental health issues, and are piloting it for free with students in the district. Counslr is a text-based app to provide support for mental health resources, such as sessions with mental health professionals. Students Read More …
Student Ceci Lucia talks about mental health issues in a podcast produced by Cold Spring Harbor High School students. Lucia, 14, notes that coming out of the Covid-19 epidemic, students are reporting more challenges with the state of their mental health. She also hosts Read More …
Gov. Kathy Hochul targeted mental health, bail reform and crime, the minimum wage, school aid and housing among the top items on her wishlist Tuesday in her State of the State speech before the Legislature. She proposed creating 1,000 new beds for mental health treatment Read More …
Northwell Health and several local school districts have partnered to offer students who need urgent mental health care an alternative to a visit to a hospital Emergency Room. The Cohen Children’s Northwell Health Behavioral Health Center at Commack is Northwell’s first pediatric behavioral health urgent care Read More …
Darren D. Moore, a licensed marriage and family therapist, writes that employers must help workers with mental health issues. Read More …
When it comes to protecting friends and family, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused serious concern, especially among those diagnosed with mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Family Service League and Genoa Healthcare have stepped in to aid their clients in getting access to the COVID-19 Read More …
2021 brings with it the hope and determination that the year ahead will be better than the last. However, as we pass the anniversary of the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the U.S., this year also brings uncertainty as we continue to navigate this time Read More …
Experts in mental health are encouraging residents to reach out for help if the combination of Covid-19 and normal holiday stresses are leaving them feeling overwhelmed. Karen Boorshtein, president and CEO of Family Service League, said many people have lost relatives to the virus, lost Read More …