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For immigrant students, bilingual mental health care is essential. Can schools meet the need?
Somerville administrators prepared for a surge in anxiety, depression and stress this school year. But a lack of multilingual counselors remains a challenge. -
New Massachusetts State Center To Focus On Helping Children Overcome Trauma
Office of Child Advocate and UMass Chan Medical School team up to offer training to schools and other organizations that work with kids -
‘It Takes A Community To Get The Care You Need’: Advice On Seeking Mental Health Support
Dr. Michael Pierre and columnist Meredith Goldstein address the 'tremendous' gap between need and availability of mental health care. -
Sitting too much drags down your mental health. Here's how to get moving
Of all the ways in which the pandemic has affected Americans' wellbeing, perhaps the one we've noticed least is how much we're sitting. And it's not just… -
'I Don't Know What We Would Have Done Without Him': Remembering Mental Health Pioneer Scott Bock
Families, colleagues and clients mark the passing of Riverside Community Care founder Scott Bock with a virtual memorial service Thursday. -
COVID deaths leave thousands of U.S. kids grieving parents or primary caregivers
Of all the sad statistics, the U.S. has had to deal with this last year and half, here is a particularly difficult one: A new study estimates more than… -
The Cost Of Forced Psychiatric Care Like Britney Spears Got Can Be Ruinous
When Britney Spears went before a judge in June, she bristled as she told of being forced into psychiatric care that cost her $60,000 a month. Though the… -
'Prestige Doesn't Pay The Bills': McLean Hospital Research Assistants Form Union
Research assistants at McLean Hospital in Belmont are seeking higher pay and systemic changes to a work environment that some describe as unsafe and inequitable. -
6 Tips For Coping With COVID Anxiety This Fall And Winter
As the days get shorter and nights longer, the delta variant of the coronavirus is still very much with us, sad to say. It's already clear the next couple… -
Many ERs Fail People Who Struggle With Addiction. These New Approaches Might Help
For years, Kayla West watched the opioid epidemic tear through her eastern Tennessee community. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, she treated people…
