Behavioral Health

CHOP Philly Schools

Two more Philly schools will get CHOP mental health services for students with anxiety, depression and other disorders

Montgomery County to open crisis center for people facing mental health and addiction emergencies

Montgomery County Crisis

Children's Health

Drinking fluoridated water during pregnancy may harm fetal brain development, study finds

Fluoride Water Pregnancy

The best way to keep your New Year's resolutions? Set smaller, specific goals

New Year's Resolutions Running

As the youth mental health crisis worsens, the dire shortage of providers prevents young people from getting help

Mental Health Teens

Lifestyle medicine is gaining attention as an essential pathway to good health

Lifestyle Medicine

Can financial incentives motivate people to adopt healthy lifestyles? Possibly

Healthy Behaviors Incentives

Struggling to stop biting your nails? There are health reasons to quit

chronic nail-biting

New behavioral health initiative aims to better address depression, anxiety in Southeastern Pennsylvania

IBX Quartert Health

Children's Health

Penn State researchers identifying children most prone to screen overuse

Screen time for kids

Nearly one in three millennials now suffer from mental health conditions, according to study

millennials mental health COVID-19

Behavioral Health

Philly embeds behavioral health specialist in 911 call center

911 behavioral health

Most Americans find their jobs stressful – here's how to survive at work

Surviving a stressful job

Ketamine and behavioral therapy may help alcoholics regain sobriety

Ketamine treatment alcohol abuse

Nearly 1 in 4 young adults have 'smartphone addiction,' study says

Smartphone addiction kids

Philly behavioral health worker pleads guilty in $211,000 Medicaid fraud

Judge Gavel Court Stock Photo

Montgomery County hospital forms behavioral health partnership to meet rising community demand

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Philadelphia doctor named CEO of American Psychological Association

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For autism research, Drexel team says step aside, Tooth Fairy

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carrot recall e. coli

Carrots sold at Trader Joe's, Wegmans recalled due to potential E. coli contamination

Weight Loss Black Women

Weight loss plans are less effective for many Black women − because existing ones often don't meet...

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How to enroll in an Independence Blue Cross health insurance plan

Man Shotguns Beer

Traditional views on masculinity are part of the American psyche, but they keep many men from...

Heavy Drinking COVID

Heavy drinking surged during the COVID-19 pandemic and hasn't let up since

Crossing Fingers Superstition

Magical thinking is common and often harmless – but it can be problematic, too

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