#BeTheDifference in July: Summer Self-Care
Summer is a great time to focus in on your self-care routine. Getting outside, shopping for fresh fruits and veggies…
Summer is a great time to focus in on your self-care routine. Getting outside, shopping for fresh fruits and veggies…
In 2016, an estimated 16.2 million adults in the United States had at least one major depressive episode – 6.7…
For years, most states have mandated that schools provide physical health education. This year, New York and Virginia will be…
Laura might have had an inkling that something was awry with her mother’s mental health, but at 12 years old,…
If you notice a friend or loved one experiencing a substance use challenge, you may want to help, but might…
A lot can be said without words in a face-to-face conversation. Often, our non-verbal communication—our facial expressions, body posture, eye…
Unlike physical health challenges — like scrapes and cuts or the flu — mental health and substance use challenges often…
“How are you?” Those three words have become a prescriptive question with a prescriptive answer in today’s society. When we’re…
In January, Droga5, the Jed Foundation (JED), the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Ad Council launched a viral…
This post was adapted from an original article by The New Social Worker, Social Workers Learn From and Raise Awareness Through…
More than 16 million men and women in America – roughly 6.7 percent of the adult population – have had…
In December 2016, Graham Burton, a sophomore at Hamilton College in upstate New York, died by suicide. His parents, Gina…
