Has the topic of yoga been coming up in conversations lately? Have you wondered what all the rage is about? Yoga is more than a workout class and it also […]
Read MoreWhen talking about mental health it sometimes feels like no one is listening. While millions of people are affected by mental health issues, there still is a stigma around TALKING […]
Read MoreThe Missing Link: How the Symptoms of Mental Health in Children and Their Educational Needs Often Times Clash For many years, and through many classroom observations, educational trainings and meetings, […]
Read MoreComing back to school from summer vacation can be challenging for students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and other identities (LGBTQ+). While it is often a […]
Read More“But where were the same overwhelming calls to overhaul the nation’s fragile mental health system?” The above is a quote from the New Pittsburgh Courier dated August 29th in response […]
Read MoreMajor depression disorder affects about 14.8 million adults (6.7%) in the United States as reported by NAMI. Anna’s* story is one of the 14.8 million stories in America. Anna was […]
Read MoreWhen people hear someone talking about Hillcrest Family Services they most like start thinking something along the lines of “I know about Hillcrest, they are that big human service agency […]
Read MoreWhen I was pregnant with my first child, we knew we wanted our baby to receive breast milk because we had heard about all the benefits for baby. Little did […]
Read MoreThe Adverse Childhood Experience (commonly referred to as the ACE study) was co-authored by Dr.’s Robert Anda and Vincent Felitti from the Centers for Disease Control and Kaiser Permanente, respectively. […]
Read MoreJust as we were beginning to think the only way to have mental health become a candidate issue was for a Hillcrest Family Services staff person to bring it up […]
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