Mar 221 minCOULD SLEEP HELP END THE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS?KIDS AREN'T GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP—AND THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IS SUFFERING. The level of sleep deprivation among youth may be more significant...
Jan 191 minHave you lost someone to suicide? A local support group meets tomorrowGrief is often complicated; but it can be even more so when the loss you’re experiencing is from suicide. Experiencing the death of a...
Dec 17, 20212 minBig changes may be needed, but consistent small steps will get us thereThe news about people’s mental health and well-being today is dark and somber. Reports show that the numbers of people experiencing...
Nov 25, 20212 minLearning about uncertainty, next steps, and gratitudeI’m one of those people who peeks at the end of the book before reading it all. Or, say, even getting halfway through. There have...
Nov 18, 20213 minThere’s never been a better time to create a mental health toolboxA conversation with Help & Hope organizers took a serious turn recently as those on the call spoke freely about the challenges and stress...
Nov 3, 20212 minNew support line dedicated to helping commercial fishermenAn international mental health partnership kicked off this week to help those in marine trades, including fishermen, cope with the...
Oct 27, 20213 minWhat to help others? Learn to express your own feelings first.Adults looking to help children struggling with mental health challenges can be more effective by focusing on their own feelings first...
Oct 20, 20212 minThe YWCA wants to take us beyond resilience to true healing and renewalThe YWCA’s Week Without Violence Campaign is looking for community support to help raise awareness around gender-based violence and...
Oct 6, 20212 min‘It’s important for them to know that it’s not just them’New group support for LGBT+ youth offeringSo many youth are struggling with mental health problems this year. Well before the pandemic, New Bedford youth in the city’s Shannon...
Oct 1, 20211 minMental health supporters to gather in Fall RiverA lot has changed in the past year around mental health. Our awareness of what it means to have mental illness is growing and, along with...
Sep 29, 20212 minNational Night Out: Celebrating community strengths togetherA night to bring the community together and demonstrate that everyone belongs will be held Oct. 5 this year as part of the National Night...
Sep 23, 20212 min‘See what comes to you in the silence’Michaela Coel may not have been speaking directly about mental health in her Emmy award speech that’s captured the world’s attention, but...
Sep 17, 20211 minRaising suicide awareness one stride at a timeRunners will hit the road next month to raise awareness around suicide and the grief and pain experienced from losing loved ones to this...
Sep 15, 20211 minFewer suicides in Greater New Bedford to dateDeaths by suicide in the Greater New Bedford area have decreased slightly to date in 2021 and are the lowest in the five years that data...
Sep 10, 20212 minCaregiver alert: It’s time for self-careIt’s no secret that one of the groups hit hardest by COVID-19 related realities has been unpaid caregivers and parents of young children....
Sep 9, 20212 minWant to understand suicide better? This event can help.Both help and hope will be on the menu at a special two-night event featuring speakers who have direct experience of attempting suicide,...
Sep 2, 20211 minSuicide statistics show a growing public health problemIt’s hard to understand why suicide prevention efforts are so important without understanding the impact suicide has in the U.S. In 2019,...
Sep 1, 20212 minSuicide prevention is a job for everyoneLast September, when I first became aware of the idea that everyone can help prevent suicide, I wasn't sure what that meant exactly. Did...
Aug 26, 20212 minOnline guides offer support for parents and children. Start here.As we get closer to the first day of school, stress is building on both parents and children around what this school year will be like,...
Aug 25, 20212 minHelp reduce the stigma of a drug-related death on TuesdayYou don’t need to know someone who died from an overdose to help survivors pay tribute to their grief over losing a loved one to opioid...