Tag: Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care

  • Community conversation on Windows of Understanding Project set for March 10

    Community conversation on Windows of Understanding Project set for March 10

    METUCHEN – The artwork adorning the windows and walls of Berkshire Hathaway office on Middlesex Avenue speaks volumes of the major social issues of climate change, civic engagement and food insecurity as part of the Windows of Understanding Project. A virtual community conversation on the project is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on March 10. The…

  • Metuchen officials gear up for what 2020-21 school year will bring, budget carries $32 tax increase for average homeowner

    Metuchen officials gear up for what 2020-21 school year will bring, budget carries $32 tax increase for average homeowner

    METUCHEN – The Metuchen School District is making sure they stay ahead of whatever the 2020-21 school year may bring. That is why the 2020-21 school budget includes an adjustment to budgeted fund balance for transportation and compensatory services in the amount of $290,461. “Due to the school closure [because of the novel coronavirus pandemic],…

  • Women Veterans Support Group offered weekly

    Women Veterans Support Group offered weekly

    Veteran & First Responder Healthcare will hold a Women Veterans Support Group from 6-8:30 p.m. on Jan. 16 and 23 at Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, Conference Room A, 151 Centennial Ave., Piscataway, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and Strive Health. The support group is free and confidential…

  • Suicide Prevention Conference set for Dec. 6

    Suicide Prevention Conference set for Dec. 6

    Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care and the Traumatic Loss Coalitions for Youth will hold the 15th annual Suicide Prevention Conference, “From Research to Reality,” supported by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention New Jersey Chapter and Rutgers University Student Health from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 6 at the Busch Campus Student Center,…

  • Rutgers opens clinic to address psychosis in young adults

    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…

  • Suicide prevention conference set for Dec. 1

    Suicide prevention conference set for Dec. 1

    Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, Traumatic Loss Coalitions for Youth and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention-NJ Chapter will hold the 13th annual Suicide Prevention Conference from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 1 at the Radisson Hotel, 21 Kingsbridge Rd., Piscataway. “The Art of Wellness” will feature international suicide experts Kevin Hines, Lauren Breen,…