For Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski, the mission is personal. As founder of the UPMC Washington Teen Outreach, Podgurski has spent nearly four decades passionately working to close the gap between kids in crisis and the care they need. And now, Teen Outreach is expanding one of its education ...

Q. Why do I have such lousy relationships? I’m a good person, honest. I try my best at school and in sports, I help out at home, I put up with my brothers (and this is NOT easy). I start out with someone, and it feels good. I think this is right. And then, something happens, like I get ...

Being a teenager is hard. The UPMC Washington Teen Outreach’s 29th annual Youth Conference, held Thursday at Washington & Jefferson College, aimed to provide teens in Washington County with tools and strategies to make it easier. “The goal is for (the teens) to not be scared to ...