Health News Managing Your Family’s Mental Health With The New School Year

Mental health support made easier: APS adds “resources” tab to school websites

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –Attention parents, Albuquerque Public Schools has made it easier to find out exactly what mental health services are available at your child’s school. Services can vary from ... Read More

This School Year, Prioritize Youth Mental Health. Here’s How

Each fall, back-to-school season is celebrated as a time of fresh beginnings: new classrooms, sharpened pencils, and the promise of possibilities. But for many students, this transition brings about a ... Read More

How to Keep Your Child Healthy This School Year

As students head back to school, families often focus on classroom supplies and schedules. But your child’s health is just as important for a strong start. Pediatric and family medicine providers at ... Read More

Mental ill-health runs in families, but it doesn't have to

A new thesis from Karolinska Institutet studied how mental health problems run in families. Using nationwide Swedish registers, the researchers followed millions of parents and their children over ... Read More

University of Oregon trains new class of health care workers to fill gaps and improve youth mental health

The Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health is training and educating a new group of healthcare workers while they are undergraduates to help address the nationwide crisis of youth mental ... Read More

RFK Jr. wants to end mental health screenings in schools. Experts say it's a bad idea

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and Education Secretary Linda McMahon want schools to do away with mental health screenings and therapy. Instead, they argue in a Washington Post opinion ... Read More

Green Level High School football players lead mental health awareness initiative for a second year

Green Level High School will take on Panther Creek High School on the football field in a big rivalry matchup Friday night. But football will not be the main focus. It is the second annual Mental ... Read More

Managing the mental health impacts of chronic pain

The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for ... Read More

Northern Colorado school district to cut mental health services for students after losing federal funding

A school district in Northern Colorado says it plans to cut mental health services for students by the end of the year after losing federal funding. The funding for the Bipartisan Safer Communities ... Read More

School phone bans may actually harm some students' mental health

The evidence to support phone bans in schools has been inconclusive, and now it seems that the move could harm some students' mental health in a particular way ... Read More