Stories tagged: "mental health"

Coronavirus Joyce Massucci, right, holds hands with her friend "Smiling Dave" as they listen to "Soulful Femme" on the first day of the Franklin Blues & Barbecue Festival, Saturday, June 19, in Franklin, Pa. The annual festival with free music, returned after being canceled last year due to COVID-19, uses proceeds from vendors and sponsors to support the music programs in the local public schools. The festival helped celebrate the first Juneteenth celebration in the city.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Coronavirus Post-Pandemic Life: Handling the Emotions and Changes We’ve All Been Waiting For

How are you dealing with getting back to "normal." It's natural to feel stress about returning to normal, according to experts.

Ashley Adams Ashley Adams July 7, 2021 4:48 pm EDT
Coronavirus Josie Cosentino talks during a virtual hearing about the how students' mental health has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. (Screenshot)
Coronavirus Students’ Mental Health a Serious Concern for Educators During Pandemic

Pennsylvania educators and students discussed the toll the pandemic taken on their mental health over the past year.

Ashley Adams Ashley Adams March 4, 2021 5:11 pm EST
Mental health Pennsylvania officials want rural residents to know they are not alone during the holidays and winter months. (Shutterstock Photo/Daria Chichkareva)
Mental health Farmers Need Mental Health Support. PA Officials Encourage Them to Ask for It

The departments of Human Services and Agriculture want to let rural residents to know about valuable mental health resources.

Ashley Adams Ashley Adams December 10, 2020 11:12 am EST
Mental health Solo Thanksgiving
Mental health Thanksgiving Is Going to Be Weird This Year. Here’s How to Cope.

A behavioral psychologist says the first step to coping with a different Thanksgiving is acknowledging the strangeness of the times.

Page Leggett Page Leggett November 23, 2020 1:02 pm EST
Mental health Tips for dealing with election stress. Image via Shutterstock
Mental health Keep Calm and Vote On: How to Stay Sane on an Insane Election Day

No matter who your candidate of choice is, you’re likely to be anxious and preoccupied on Election Day. Here are several things you can do to help make it through Tuesday.

Page Leggett Page Leggett November 2, 2020 6:20 pm EST

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A university graduate student holds a female blue jay in her open hand to release it in Silver Spring, Md., after removing it from a mist net used to capture birds for banding or other research projects. A mysterious ailment has sickened and killed thousands of songbirds in several mid-Atlantic states since late spring. (AP File Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Wildlife EXPLAINER: What’s Killing Mid-Atlantic Songbirds?
Mental health Two-year-old Aissatou Barry accompanies her father to vote at an early voting center at Union Market October 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Mental health An Expert’s Tips on Parenting During This Election—and Its Aftermath

“There are so many aspects of life out of our control right now, so focusing your energy on things in your control can help reduce anxiety and improve your overall well-being."

Cassandra Stone Cassandra Stone October 30, 2020 11:56 am EDT
Law and Policy Attorney Shaka Johnson, who is representing the family of Walter Wallace Jr., speaks during a news conference on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. He called on the Philadelphia Police Department to equip all of its officers with Tasers and teach officers how to use them. (Screenshot from AP Video)
Law and Policy Walter Wallace Jr.’s Family Attorney Says Police ‘Intended’ to Kill Wallace

Attorney Shaka Johnson called for every officer in the Philadelphia Police Department to be equipped with Tasers.

Christina Kristofic Christina Kristofic October 30, 2020 11:34 am EDT