Tag: National Institute of Mental Health
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Cranbury Municipal Alliance helps promote mental health resources during World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day raises awareness for mental health across the world in towns, cities, and workplaces. The Day on Oct. 10 is designed to not only promote awareness of mental health, but provide information and resources to support those in need of mental health services, according to the World Federation for Mental Health In…
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Brave Crossroads South student shares story during Suicide Prevention Walk
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – Four years ago, Kris Velez, an eighth grade student at Crossroads Middle School South, lost a person close to him from death by suicide. “That made my depression a lot more present,” he said. For two years, he said it was hard to leave his house. At that point, he said he…
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Rutgers opens clinic to address psychosis in young adults
Psychotic illness affects approximately 100,000 young people nationwide, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. But until recently, New Jersey had no clinics to help teens or young adults within their first two years of exhibiting symptoms when intervention is likely to be most effective. Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care (UBHC) recently opened a…
