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Chris Gethard on ‘Space Force,’ mental health, and talking to strangers – Health News Today
For a guy who calls himself “shockingly introverted,” Chris Gethard really likes talking on the phone. If you’re not a fan of The Chris Gethard Show, his HBO stand-up special Career Suicide, or his podcast Beautiful Anonymous, you still…
Mental health clinics await Measure 110 – Health News Today
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — As Measure 110 nears effect, Klamath County health experts say they’re awaiting how lawmakers will implement it. The measure focuses on a health-based, treatment-over-punishment approach to dealing with…
Doctor Who and mental health
The most recent series of Doctor Who strayed into intriguing new territory, with a storyline (centred in the episode Can You Hear Me?) focusing on the mental health of Yaz (Mandip Gill) and others in the TARDIS team’s orbit. Now, Gill and…
EasterSeals offers free online survey to assess general mental health – Health News Today
EasterSeals Michigan has resources available to help community members receive mental health services. Photo provided by Craig Sharum Advertisement The topic of mental health is receiving…
For young Californians, climate change is a mental health crisis too – Health News Today
Maddie Cole in eighth grade stopped running cross country. She’d competed the year before, but the air quality in her native Sacramento was so bad that she got sick during a race; she soon learned she had asthma. The next year the sky…
CMHA-NL CEO Calling for More Frontline Mental Health Services – Health News Today
Advocates for better services for people with mental health issues are supportive of a small group of people who have been protesting outside the Waterford Hospital for the past couple of weeks. John Abbott, the CEO of the Canadian Mental…
‘I’ve never been so sick in my entire life,’ says mental health worker laid low – Health News Today
For 22 days this spring, all Asante Haughton could do was sleep, eat, and go to the washroom. “I’ve never been so sick in my entire life,” said the downtown Toronto resident, who believes he contracted COVID-19 just a few weeks after the…
Healthcare workers at a breaking point, mental health at stake – KTUL – Health News Today
The meaning of health has evolved over time. In keeping with the biomedical perspective, early definitions of health focused on the theme of the body's ability to function; health was seen as a state of normal function that could be…
YouGood? campaign aims to match people with centralized mental health services – Health News Today
The holidays are normally a time for celebration, but for many 2020 has been a year of incredible loss. “Not everyone is feeling the joy so we have to make sure we’re reaching out to each other and asking, ‘Are you good?'” CEO…
Mental health struggles prevalent during COVID-19 pandemic – Health News Today
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – While 2020 has been pretty terrible, it has certainly been worse for some than others. “When I’m talking to people, they don’t understand why they are feeling things as deeply as they are,” said Kit…