A new federal funding grant received by High Point Treatment Center is supporting the organization in reaching those people who need help...

Meet two local heroes: Cody and Francesa Swift Today’s local heroes are the faces behind #ASwiftRecovery, offering compassion and...

New England communities are aging quickly. According to the Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging at the Gerontology...

Loneliness is difficult to measure because it looks different for each of us. Some of us will feel lonely when we are socially isolated...

Hey, neighbor! Today’s Help and Hope Southcoast campaign is celebrating Good Neighbor Day today along with AARP Massachusetts and...

UMass Dartmouth and Bridgewater State University students are offering hope while learning to help as interns for the Samaritans of...

Are you children participating in remote learning this school year? If so, you might want to participate in an upcoming workshop on...

A New Bedford treatment center for addiction made Newsweek’s 2020 list of best centers. The Women’s Addiction Treatment Center at High...

“We know that every day, people are helping themselves and others get through their darkest moments.” That sentence about suicide...

Helpless and hopeless. When the group of Southcoast caregivers got together to talk about the creation of Help & Hope Southcoast, many...

Yesterday, we looked at state information showing an increase in recorded deaths by suicide over the five years of most recent data. It’s...

The first step to becoming part of any suicide prevention solution is understanding what the problem is, according to MassDPH, which...

September is suicide prevention month and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is working hard to raise awareness of suicide as...

If you’re like me, you can’t help but silently add your own words of gratitude as you drive by the highway signs that thank the essential...

Monday mornings can be rough. Transitioning from personal to work time can trigger stress and bring out the blues in any one. Setting a...

Through her 28 years as a licensed therapist and position as clinical director for the Connecticut correctional systems’ employee...

A Connecticut employee assistance program, modeled after one in Massachusetts, is helping correctional officers cope with the stress of...

It’s a powerful belief, isn’t it? That one person can shift the perspective of an entire world on mental health. Archimedes, the Greek...

Suicidal thoughts are not limited to any one kind of person. Based on data, we know that all ages, genders, and backgrounds are known to...

Dr. Ashwini Sahni is a cardiologist in Wareham who supports the use of yoga and meditation in response to anxiety and depression. He...