A medical doctor writing in Psychology Today wants to make suicide prevention responses as well known as CPR training or the Heimlich...

Each week Help and Hope Southcoast features someone in the region who is helping to lift others up and end the stigma of mental illness....

In the last few days, we’ve been talking with Child & Family Services mobile crisis intervention program manager Matthew Boyd about ways...

Today’s local hero leads a team that literally saves lives. Volunteers at Samaritans of Fall River and New Bedford listen with compassion...

If you’re worried about the start of the school year, you’re in good company. School administrators, teachers, parents and students are...

When faced with the anxiety of COVID-19, children and teens will look to their parents and other adults around them for ways to react to...

Today’s conversation is with Pam Bolarinho from Child and Family Services. Pam leads a team of staff who do crisis evaluations in the...

The National Alliance on Mental Illness is an excellent source of general information on mental health in the United States for those...

As we continue to explore supporting mental wellness on the Southcoast, it’s time to meet the people who have been doing this work...

It’s the time of year when we all should be experiencing the height of summer fun. It’s July, the sun is shining, beaches are nearby, and...

We’ve been talking about mental health awareness and ways to end mental illness stigma in the Southcoast for the past few weeks. Now...

We know that stigma around mental health problems can prevent people from seeking help for their symptoms; but, how else do our...

“For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived and dishonest — but the myth — persistent, persuasive,...

Ending stigma around mental illness begins with understanding what it is and isn’t, and how those diagnosed with it experience and go...

It’s a bird…it’s a plane…no, it’s a Southcoast campaign to end stigma against those with mental illness. Okay, that’s not as catchy an...

Can you remember the beginning of March and the changes that were coming your way? Maybe your child’s school was suddenly talking about...

Asking for help is a tricky thing, isn’t it? We all need help sometimes and, when life gets tough, we know it’s good to have someone...

If you’ve found your way here to Help and Hope Southcoast, chances are helping others is important to you. You may be the one on your...