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TAGGED : mental health

Teen struggles with another’s suicide

Q. Something really awful happened. My mom’s best friend has a daughter who committed suicide. I didn’t know the daughter that well, but I observed her mom grieve and my mom got all worried about me. I’ve felt depressed off and on in my life but I’ve never even thought of ending it all. ...

Key reasons Pennsylvania’s mental health system is failing

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Greene County making progress on new CCR facility

Geographically, Greene County’s new Center for Community Resources building won’t be much of a shift — just one building to the left on High Street in Waynesburg. Operationally, the move means an expansion of services county officials have wanted for years. Renovations are underway at ...

Local therapists helping people get through stress of modern churn

The tumult of large-scale cuts to federal spending, pullbacks of civil rights protections, and new tariffs getting announced and pulled back, are taking their toll on psyches across the country, including in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Like most stressful times, these are also making their ...