Mother of Parma officer shares daughter's story for mental health and suicide awareness Officer Kandice Straub, the first woman on the Parma Police SWAT team, took her own life six weeks ago. Now, her mother, Karla Straub, is sharing her story. 06/4/2024 - 1:34 pm | View Link
Letter to the Editor: Act now to improve mental health In America today, approximately one out of five Americans is suffering from a mental health issue; and approximately one in 25 adults is experiencing a serious mental illness that substantially ... 06/4/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Department of Corrections Director recognized for handling overcrowding, mental health and staffing issues The Douglas County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution on Tuesday recognizing the Department of Corrections Director Mike Myers. 06/4/2024 - 11:28 am | View Link
Rural U.S. health care is in a crisis. We went to a Georgia town to see how people there experience it NPR's A Martínez visits Georgia to see the problems some Americans have accessing healthcare and to hear from providers about what they need to fix it. 06/4/2024 - 6:49 am | View Link
Generative AI Becomes A Patient-Referral Advisor Steering People Toward Mental Health Therapy Should generative AI be used to steer people toward engaging in mental health services? Turns out that is a tricky question with tough answers. Take a look. 06/4/2024 - 6:13 am | View Link
The global fertility rate has fallen from 5 births per woman in 1950 to 2.3 in 2021 - and even lower in the U. S., partly due to the cost of child-rearing and shifts in priorities. But "falling population and an elderly or aging population puts a lot of fiscal and economic pressures on society," says Economics Professor Melissa Kearney.
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told The New York Times he experienced a series of health issues in recent years, including an abnormality that he said was caused by a worm that entered his brain and then died. CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains how this could have happened.
Americans' mental health issues are not identified and treated as readily as physical symptoms, especially among children - in part due to a shortage of clinicians. "We're looking for ways to integrate mental health into settings where children and families are every day," says Dr. Tami Benton, President of The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
For some who see a therapist, just talking things through isn't enough. Drama therapy allows the patient to relive a moment or play out their biggest fears.