mental healthSpringfield launches youth mental health campaignThe Springfield Youth Mental Health Coalition is starting an awareness campaign to normalize healthy conversations about stress, anxiety and depression for young adults in the city.Local CoverageFeb 27, 2023I Felt Alone But I Wasn't: Depression Is Rampant Among Doctors In TrainingDepression in doctors-in-training seems to be not the exception but the norm, writes Dr. Elisabeth Poorman. Local CoverageAug 19, 2016Anguished Reflections Of A College Crisis Counselor: A Student 'On The Rooftop'A college crisis clinician for eight years, John Rosario-Perez encountered many students who suffered the weekend as exiles.Local CoverageMar 24, 2016Child Psychiatrists Suggest Resolution For 2016: 'Let's Parent Ourselves This Year'At the end of the day, we’re much more likely to approach something positive than we are to walk away from something negative.Local CoverageJan 1, 2016Health Boost: Story-Sharing Kiosk For Hospital Patients Coping With Illness Set To LaunchThe project was born out of frustration with a medical system that no longer has the time to really listen to patients, says Dr. Annie Brewster, an MGH internist who's...Local CoverageOct 29, 2015AdvertisementHow Childhood Stress May Lead To Disease Later In LifeResearchers suggest that if stress response systems are altered in childhood it may make people more reactive to stress and more prone to its cumulative effects over time.Local CoverageOct 1, 2015Majority Of Young People With Depression Don't Get Treatment, Report FindsOnly 22 percent of youth with severe depression receive any kind of consistent outpatient treatment, the report found.Local CoverageSep 30, 2015Why To Exercise Today: It May Make Bullied Adolescents Feel Less SuicidalResearchers report a 23 percent reduction in both suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts among bullied students who exercised 4 or more days a week.Local CoverageSep 29, 2015Elderly And Drugged: Far More Psych Meds Prescribed To Old Than YoungAre we over-treating the elderly with psychiatric drugs?Local CoverageJul 31, 2015Opinion: Why Gut A Program That Truly Helps New Mothers?When mothers feel supported and listened to, extraordinary thing happen: they share experiences not only about the lack of sleep and ability to take a shower, but also fears, anxieties,...Local CoverageMay 8, 2015Study: Sexual Minority Kids More Likely To Be Bullied — As Early As 5th GradeThis ongoing victimization can have short-term consequences, of course, but can also lead to problems down the road: from anxiety and depression to post-traumatic stress and negative school performance, researchers...Local CoverageMay 7, 2015Bomber Trial: How Do You Talk To Children About The Death Penalty?"It's important not to expect that you will explain everything perfectly all at once or that your child will understand perfectly. It requires being comfortable with being uncomfortable."Local CoverageApr 28, 2015Traumatic Turning Point: How The Marathon Bombing Shifted One Woman's DepressionSomething changed on the finish line at the Boston Marathon in 2013. It was, Jennifer says, “a turning point” in her life, but not in the ways you might expect.Local CoverageApr 20, 2015Study: For Sleep Problems In Older Age, Try Mindful MeditationNew research suggests that "mindfulness meditation" practices can improve sleep quality for older adults with moderate sleep disturbances.Local CoverageFeb 17, 2015A Miracle Drug For Binge Eating? Not So Fast, Says TherapistWhether or not Vyvanse is the answer to America’s obesity epidemic, it’s no antidote to the issues fueling binge-eating disorder.Local CoverageFeb 10, 2015Child Psych: How Not To Lose It On The Umpteenth Snow DayThe weather in Boston has of course been unprecedented, and while it would be foolish and infantile to act like it is anything other than a royal pain in the...Local CoverageFeb 9, 2015Heroes And Zeroes Of Snowpocalypse 2015: The Good, The Bad And The UglyStress can bring out the best in us, or the worst -- as these stories of the good, the bad and the ugly behavior of neighbors during the relentless snows...Local CoverageFeb 9, 2015Beyond Sexual Assault: How One Victim Evolved Into An ActivistSafran says: One in five female students have experienced sexual assault on college campuses, and over 80% of victims develop PTSD.Local CoverageJan 9, 2015Gender Divide: Trans Youth Face Higher Mental Health Risk, Study SaysResearchers suggest that primary care doctors should address gender identity more directly and routinely screen transgender adolescents for mental health issues.Local CoverageJan 8, 2015Sweet Dreams: Study Finds Later Nights, Less Sleep Linked To NegativitySleep is the new Prozac. Or, put another way, sleep is emerging as one of the most potent weapons you can use to stave off depression, anxiety and a whole...Local CoverageDec 4, 2014Next Page
Springfield launches youth mental health campaignThe Springfield Youth Mental Health Coalition is starting an awareness campaign to normalize healthy conversations about stress, anxiety and depression for young adults in the city.Local CoverageFeb 27, 2023
I Felt Alone But I Wasn't: Depression Is Rampant Among Doctors In TrainingDepression in doctors-in-training seems to be not the exception but the norm, writes Dr. Elisabeth Poorman. Local CoverageAug 19, 2016
Anguished Reflections Of A College Crisis Counselor: A Student 'On The Rooftop'A college crisis clinician for eight years, John Rosario-Perez encountered many students who suffered the weekend as exiles.Local CoverageMar 24, 2016
Child Psychiatrists Suggest Resolution For 2016: 'Let's Parent Ourselves This Year'At the end of the day, we’re much more likely to approach something positive than we are to walk away from something negative.Local CoverageJan 1, 2016
Health Boost: Story-Sharing Kiosk For Hospital Patients Coping With Illness Set To LaunchThe project was born out of frustration with a medical system that no longer has the time to really listen to patients, says Dr. Annie Brewster, an MGH internist who's...Local CoverageOct 29, 2015
How Childhood Stress May Lead To Disease Later In LifeResearchers suggest that if stress response systems are altered in childhood it may make people more reactive to stress and more prone to its cumulative effects over time.Local CoverageOct 1, 2015
Majority Of Young People With Depression Don't Get Treatment, Report FindsOnly 22 percent of youth with severe depression receive any kind of consistent outpatient treatment, the report found.Local CoverageSep 30, 2015
Why To Exercise Today: It May Make Bullied Adolescents Feel Less SuicidalResearchers report a 23 percent reduction in both suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts among bullied students who exercised 4 or more days a week.Local CoverageSep 29, 2015
Elderly And Drugged: Far More Psych Meds Prescribed To Old Than YoungAre we over-treating the elderly with psychiatric drugs?Local CoverageJul 31, 2015
Opinion: Why Gut A Program That Truly Helps New Mothers?When mothers feel supported and listened to, extraordinary thing happen: they share experiences not only about the lack of sleep and ability to take a shower, but also fears, anxieties,...Local CoverageMay 8, 2015
Study: Sexual Minority Kids More Likely To Be Bullied — As Early As 5th GradeThis ongoing victimization can have short-term consequences, of course, but can also lead to problems down the road: from anxiety and depression to post-traumatic stress and negative school performance, researchers...Local CoverageMay 7, 2015
Bomber Trial: How Do You Talk To Children About The Death Penalty?"It's important not to expect that you will explain everything perfectly all at once or that your child will understand perfectly. It requires being comfortable with being uncomfortable."Local CoverageApr 28, 2015
Traumatic Turning Point: How The Marathon Bombing Shifted One Woman's DepressionSomething changed on the finish line at the Boston Marathon in 2013. It was, Jennifer says, “a turning point” in her life, but not in the ways you might expect.Local CoverageApr 20, 2015
Study: For Sleep Problems In Older Age, Try Mindful MeditationNew research suggests that "mindfulness meditation" practices can improve sleep quality for older adults with moderate sleep disturbances.Local CoverageFeb 17, 2015
A Miracle Drug For Binge Eating? Not So Fast, Says TherapistWhether or not Vyvanse is the answer to America’s obesity epidemic, it’s no antidote to the issues fueling binge-eating disorder.Local CoverageFeb 10, 2015
Child Psych: How Not To Lose It On The Umpteenth Snow DayThe weather in Boston has of course been unprecedented, and while it would be foolish and infantile to act like it is anything other than a royal pain in the...Local CoverageFeb 9, 2015
Heroes And Zeroes Of Snowpocalypse 2015: The Good, The Bad And The UglyStress can bring out the best in us, or the worst -- as these stories of the good, the bad and the ugly behavior of neighbors during the relentless snows...Local CoverageFeb 9, 2015
Beyond Sexual Assault: How One Victim Evolved Into An ActivistSafran says: One in five female students have experienced sexual assault on college campuses, and over 80% of victims develop PTSD.Local CoverageJan 9, 2015
Gender Divide: Trans Youth Face Higher Mental Health Risk, Study SaysResearchers suggest that primary care doctors should address gender identity more directly and routinely screen transgender adolescents for mental health issues.Local CoverageJan 8, 2015
Sweet Dreams: Study Finds Later Nights, Less Sleep Linked To NegativitySleep is the new Prozac. Or, put another way, sleep is emerging as one of the most potent weapons you can use to stave off depression, anxiety and a whole...Local CoverageDec 4, 2014