Mental health

Licensed Professional Counselor Krystal Jackson shared helpful tips.

How stressed are you? April is Stress Awareness Month and the personal-finance website WalletHub has released its report on 2025’s Most & Least Stressed States. Connecticut’s overall rank is 42 as the ninth least stressed state. Here’s a look at more on how Connecticut ranked: 43: Average hours worked per week.26: Share of adults getting adequate sleep49: Percentage of adults…

Mindful Care provides same and next-day mental health care.

Lawmakers are considering the creation of a training program to help police partner with social workers on mental health-related calls. The bill seeks to build off programs already in place at departments in Willimantic, Stonington and Groton, among others. “Making sure that our officers have the best training that they can get is something every police chief supports,” Groton Police…

Dr. Kristina Schlichting explained how she’s helping women recover from trauma.

State lawmakers are considering an increase in funding for the next two years for the urgent crisis centers around the state. The centers in Hartford, Waterbury, New London and New Haven serve as urgent cares for children and teens who are struggling with their mental health. The proposal would require that a study be done on the existing behavioral health…

State lawmakers Thursday planned to debate an extension of funding for several urgent crisis centers, that provide behavior health care for young people and their families.

Jonathan Haidt, author of “The Anxious Generation,” says parents feel “powerless” to prevent kids from using smartphones because they’re often acting alone.

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Tennis legend and civil rights icon Billie Jean King sits down with the founder of Galvanize, Laura Okmin, to discuss how to find self-confidence even when you have to start over.

Working can provide some safeguards that are often overlooked.

Apothékary CEO Shizu Okusa says she doesn’t like working with people who call out their colleagues in front of the rest of the team. Here’s why.

Licensed Professional Counselor Krystal Jackson shared how to start the year with intention.

Communication and setting realistic expectations are two of the ways of solving for anxiety and stress when preparing for the holiday season.

Doctor explains what you need to know about what is informally referred to as “brain fog.”

Exposure to lead in gasoline during childhood resulted in many millions of excess cases of psychiatric disorders over the last 75 years, a new study estimates.

New research shows the vast majority of Gen Z and Millennials are worried about climate change. National climate reporter Chase Cain talked with mental health experts about ways to cope with the difficult emotions.

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Award-winning author TJ Klune (“The House in the Cerulean Sea”) on when he felt able to quit his day job and when he first felt like he’d made it as a writer.