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Counseling helps many students thrive. Is CT meeting the need on community college campuses?
Connecticut Public Radio On the Tunxis campus of Connecticut State Community College, a sign in front of a building reads, “Keep going. You’ve got this!”
Pushing Physicians to the Brink
Chicago Health Magazine Emergency medicine physician Nicholas Cozzi, MD, won’t say “the q-word” as he walks through an empty section of Rush University Medical Center’s emergency department. The ER this morning is what nobody on staff likes to say, for fear of jinxing themselves: quiet.
A growing tool to help CT Latinas with postpartum mental health: Spanish-speaking doulas
Connecticut Public Radio On a sunny Tuesday morning at the Hispanic Health Council in Hartford, seven Spanish-speaking doulas-in-training were gathered around a table taking notes. They were responding to what they said was a calling to help Hispanic mothers with childbirth, and to support new moms through every part of becoming a parent.
3 leaders who work with Chicago’s immigrant communities reflect on the toll of Operation Midway Blitz
WBEZ/Northwestern University Over the last year, immigrants in many communities in Chicago and the suburbs have experienced such a rollercoaster of emotions as federal immigration agents have detained people without legal immigration status and others who also were swept up in arrests as part of President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation campaign.
Recovery residences are key for treating substance use disorder. Lawmakers fight for their existence
Georgia Public Broadcasting A six-bedroom house on a golf course in Roswell, Ga., is not where most people would expect to find a so-called “halfway house.”
Arizona promised secure treatment for its sickest psychiatric patients. Seven years later, it still doesn’t exist.
AZCIR Larry Bootsma was 23 years old when he experienced psychosis for the first time.
The cost of care: Service providers under pressure and the push for change
The Red & Black/University of Georgia Christina Garcia, executive director of The Bigger Vision of Athens Community Shelter, has always been drawn to helping people. Less visible is the emotional and mental toll her work can take, particularly in a community where food insecurity and homelessness continue to be significant issues.
Virginia Expands Mental Health Services with Telehealth
Public Health Watch/Investigative Reporting Workshop Mental health was the last thing Wendy Dudley discussed with her family as they struggled to make ends meet in rural Roanoke County, Virginia. Nobody made the connection between living paycheck-to-paycheck and fighting to stay afloat emotionally, Dudley said. So she moved through life the way she thought she was supposed to, by pushing her feelings down.
‘So grateful’: Doulas offer mothers a personal connection amid postpartum depression
Connecticut Public Radio Dogs Lily and Daisy ran in excited circles, chasing their tails and barking as the doorbell rang. Jen Shea opened the door to her house in Rocky Hill to welcome her doula, Desirae Whittle. They exchanged hellos and hugs, as well as a personalized candle; the banter was light and easy, for theirs is a relationship that goes back more than five years. Shea had postpartum depression. Whittle was her safety net.