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New NHS data obtained by the Guardian reveals that the number of times a girl aged 17 or under has been admitted to hospital in England because of self-harm has jumped from 10,500 to more than 17,500 a year over the past decade - a rise of 68%. The jump among boys was much lower: 26%. "There is a growing crisis in children and young people's mental health, and in particular a gathering crisis in mental distress and depression among girls and young women," said Dr Bernadka Dubicka, the chair...

Big Bird and his " Sesame Street " buddies are taking on a new mission: helping kids learn to cope with stress and trauma. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit offshoot of the long-running children's program "Sesame Street," launched the powerful new initiative, which was designed with the help of psychologists, the same week that the nation was rocked by the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The initiative includes materials for parents, caregivers and social workers, as well as...

This is an email conversation I had with a person from Bakersfield. Sonia Hello, I would like to order a bumper sticker. How much are they? Me Thank you for writing, Sonia. They are free to individuals. Do you live in Bakersfield? Sonia Yes I do. I've seen the stickers on a few cars and thought they were a really neat idea. Me I have a few bumper stickers in stock and quite a few of the window lettering tips. Which tip do you want? Sonia I would like # 50. Parents raise kind, thoughtful...

Professional gambler Stephen Paddock committed the worst mass shooting in the history of the United States. He killed 58 people (so far) and injured more than 500. Right after the carnage, his brother Eric said “an asteroid fell from the sky” because his brother gave no indications “at all” that he was on this pathway. The FBI and an army of Nevada law enforcement professionals immediately began searching for a “motive." Everyone wants to find reason and logic in this heinous, unimaginable...

Even before a 64-year-old real estate investor shot and killed 58 people in Las Vegas on Sunday, resulting in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, researchers had been slow to acknowledge a disturbing pattern among a once-taboo demographic: middle-aged Whites. The latest CDC statistics show Whites 35 and older—America’s wealthiest and most politically powerful demographic—make up 37 percent of the population but 47 percent of the nation’s gun deaths and 55 percent of deaths...

This article was produced in collaboration with AlterNet and first appeared here . Even as President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions descend into a law-and-order authoritarianism that views mass incarceration as a good thing, Democrats in Congress are moving to blunt such tendencies. A bill introduced last week in the House is a prime example. Last Wednesday, Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) filed the Reverse Mass Incarceration Act of 2017 (HR 3845), which would use the power of the...

We met at a coffee shop doubling as a lottery ticket dispenser. The man I was meeting was Chris Marchi, who has called East Boston his home for more than five decades. Now he and his friends have become vanguards of public health by raising questions about the multibillion-dollar airport that borders their neighborhood. Marchi is six-feet tall and is built like a former high school varsity athlete. But now his muscles are just beginning to turn soft around the neck and stomach. Wrinkles...

Together for Resilient Youth (TRY) touched the lives of over 2,000 students so far in 2017. I identify with children of all ages including the child within each adult. Suicide is one of the many devastating outcomes of an ACE score above four. Behind the dimpled smile and sparkling young eyes depicted in this picture, there was turmoil. I am blessed to have survived in the 14th year of my life. It is important for me to be transparent and reveal to everyone including grieving parents the...

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A new communication skills training program provides an evidence-based strategy for ensuring compassionate and respectful care for all.

The mental health of your employees is key to their productivity at work. Taking a mental health day to refocus and regroup may be more beneficial than companies realize, and it has prompted several organizations to begin offering it as an added benefit to workers. According to a report by the National Business Group on Health , mental illness and substance abuse disorders cost employers an estimated $17 billion each year, in addition to 217 million days of lost work. These numbers show the...

From what Briggette Dangler could tell, Devin Johnson was a great student who was loved by his classmates at Grandview Heights Middle School. But to someone else, the 12-year-old was little more than a convenient prop used to make a murderous point. Devin was fatally shot this past weekend, at his home. His sister’s boyfriend, Caterrious Williams, is accused of shooting the child after she refused to cook him something to eat. [For more on this story by Tonyaa Weathersbee, go to...