mental health

HARRISBURG — Dr. Val Arkoosh, an anesthesiologist who led Pennsylvania's third-most populous county through the pandemic before mounting a failed run ...

Sometimes doing the right thing doesn’t fix the problem. In September, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court looked at the case of a mentally ill man convict...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania General Assembly members from both chambers and both parties on Wednesday heralded the introduction of a mental health pilot...

Four international students from Germany took the top prize in the second Watson Institute Basecamp pitch contest held this weekend at the University ...

September was National Suicide Prevention Month, and its purpose is to provide awareness and information about a subject that is often considered to b...

The past few years have been tough on people. People who are usually bright and sunny have a harder time conjuring up that good mood, while many other...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that suicide is a serious public health problem that can have lasting harmful effects on indiv...

9-8-8 — CALL BEFORE YOU QUIT: The Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services has recently made a change which provides Pennsylvanians with a...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an adverse effect on almost every aspect of American life, from the economy to public education. And it has worsened a p...

A recent study for the Center for Rural Pennsylvania called attention to a potential lack of access to mental health services in rural parts of the st...

RESOLVE: As we head toward 2022, we would like to share some resolutions to improve physical and mental health. Physical Health: Work out to feel good...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) announced that several provisions he worked to advance have been successfully adopted and passed as part of...

OLEAN, N.Y. — If the Council on Addiction/Recovery Services in Olean collaborates with Southern Tier Base CASA Trinity, the results expected will be e...

There’s a common perception that first responders — police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and veterans are tough. We see first ...

(Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series sharing the findings of a June 2021 study on suicide in rural Pennsylvania). A study, publishe...

DRUG USE: Over half of Pennsylvanians worry about increased drug use in their community due to the economic impact of Coronavirus, according to two re...

No matter the vitality of Wall Street, no matter the rate of unemployment, no matter the reading produced by any measuring tool that gauges the status...

Rodney A. Valandra, who has nearly 20 years’ experience counseling and providing mental health care to adolescents, college students and young adults,...

For the past week, an organization in the community, Rays of Hope, Bradford, has conducted virtual activities on Facebook in honor of Mental Health Aw...

McKean County is currently marking two observances: May 9-15 as National Prevention Week and the month of May as Mental Health Awareness Month. The Mc...