Mental Health

Nashville Nonprofit Shifts From Financial Help To Mental Health

5:44pm May 02, 2021

by Blake Farmer

People who work in the music industry need more than economic bailouts. An aid group based in Nashville is now providing money for mental health assistance to people who haven't had work for a year.

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Artist William Stoehr says he wants his portraits to show that addiction affects everyone, and to prompt the sort of conversations that people began having about HIV/AIDS decades ago.

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An Artist And A Scientist Take On The Stigma Of Addiction

7:01am May 01, 2021

by Jon Hamilton

The nation's top addiction scientist has teamed up with a prominent artist to let people know that substance use disorder is a disease, not a moral failure.

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CVS is adding mental health counseling to the services offered at about a dozen of its stores with HealthHUBs in Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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CVS To Offer In-Store Mental Health Counseling

4:13pm April 29, 2021

by Yuki Noguchi

As the number of people seeking therapy soars during the pandemic, CVS has begun testing a model to offer counseling services in its stores. It hopes to reduce costs for both patients and itself.

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CVS Trial Would Provide Access To Mental Health Services

7:50am April 27, 2021

by Yuki Noguchi

Drug store chain CVS is piloting a program to bring mental health counseling into 12 retail stores. The goal is to improve access to care, and reduce medical costs associated with poor mental health.

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A person stands hunched over, with a depleted battery bar over their head.

COMIC: How I Cope With Pandemic Numbness

8:16am April 25, 2021

by Connie Hanzhang Jin

Each week I check the latest deaths from COVID-19 for NPR. After a while, I didn't feel any sorrow at the numbers. I just felt numb. I wanted to understand why — and how to overcome that numbness.

Their physical and emotional health had withered in the pandemic year. But reentry into post-vaccination life made for tricky choices, too.

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My Parents Struggled In Pandemic Lockdown. Here's How They Learned To Live Again

7:00am April 24, 2021

by Shahdabul Faraz

Their physical and emotional health had withered in the pandemic year. But reentry into post-vaccination life made for tricky choices, too.

New Program Helps Capitol Police Deal With Trauma From The Insurrection

4:29pm April 23, 2021

by Claudia Grisales

A new program launched by one lawmaker and a psychiatrist helps members of the Capitol Police deal with trauma after the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Nora McInerny: How Can We Face Life's Rough Edges?

8:59am April 23, 2021

When experiencing grief or hardship, how can we move forward? This hour, writer Nora McInerny shares ideas on navigating the most difficult parts of life... and living life fully in the face of loss.

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Federal agencies report a troubling rise in overdoses from a variety of drugs that have been laced with the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl.

Overdose Deaths Surged In Pandemic, As More Drugs Were Laced With Fentanyl

4:35pm April 22, 2021

by Brian Mann

Researchers say cocaine, meth and other street drugs are increasingly contaminated with deadly synthetic opioids, contributing to a major spike in deaths.

Kai worries he could give COVID-19 to his 2-year-old sister, Alaina. She was born with a heart condition, Down syndrome and a fragile immune system.

How Schools Can Help Kids Heal After A Year Of 'Crisis And Uncertainty'

1:13pm April 21, 2021

The pandemic has been stressful for millions of children. If that stress isn't buffered by caring adults, it can have lifelong consequences. There's a lot schools can do to keep that from happening.