Tag: mental health

Orange County Expands Mental Health Consultation Services for Kids

Orange County expanded its early childhood mental health consultation services for children up to 8 years old and allocated an additional $5 million towards the services.  During an Aug. 10 meeting, the Orange County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an amendment to the county’s contract to increase funding by allocating over $140,000 to the nonprofit Charitable Ventures, citing…


NTD Business Full Broadcast (Aug. 12)

New sign that inflation might be here for a while. Producer prices post their biggest annual gain on record. Wendy’s, teaming up with a ghost kitchen startup to open hundreds of deliver kitchens. It’s moving beyond its traditional restaurant format to keep up with the demand for delivery. Many Americans are under serious mental stress during the…


New Zealand Mourns Death of Olympic Cyclist Podmore at 24

New Zealand cycling was plunged into mourning on Tuesday after Olympian Olivia Podmore’s sudden death at the age of 24. Podmore represented her country at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2018 Commonwealth Games but was not part of New Zealand’s team at the recent Tokyo Games. A New Zealand police spokesman said police attended…


McKinsey: School Shutdowns Cost Students ‘Significant’ Losses

School shutdowns last year created devastating academic, economic, and mental consequences among K–12 students that could last into their adulthoods, a new report published by McKinsey & Company found. The impact of school shutdowns on K–12 students was significant, leaving them, on average, five months behind in mathematics, and four months behind in reading by the end…


Australia’s National Mental Health Support Service Records Highest Volume of Calls Ever

Mental health and suicide prevention service Lifeline Australia has registered its highest volume of calls ever, as Australians around the country endure continuous disruptions to daily life through COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions. Staffed by volunteers, the 58-year-old organisation offers a 24-hour telephone crisis support service to help Australian’s cope with issues such as mental health,…


Avoid These 10 Actions that Let Your Happiness Escape

By Nicole Fuentes Happiness slips away from us in various places. Very often we are robbed by the difficulties of every day. Other times depression, anxiety, or chronic health problems hijack her. But happiness also leaves us when we live in a hurry, executing tasks and solving tasks as if we were on an assembly line. We go through…


More Chicago Police Seek Mental Health Support Under New Stresses

CHICAGO—Carrie Steiner’s mental health clinic in Lombard, a suburban town just west of Chicago, has seen a surge of police officers from Chicago Police Department and surrounding suburban police agencies. She added five new therapists in the last 18 months, each seeing 25 to 30 clients every week. A new source of stress for Chicago…


Helene Elliott: ‘We Can All Learn From Her Courage’: Simone Biles Not Alone in Mental Health Struggle

By Helene Elliott From Los Angeles Times TOKYO—For nearly a decade Simone Biles seemed not only unbeatable but unshakeable. She would reel off the most difficult gymnastics maneuvers with a daredevil’s spirit and an artist’s passion, her smile brighter than the 25 medals she won at the world championships and the five she won while…


Santa Ana Approves $80 million COVID-Relief Package

The City of Santa Ana, Calif., unanimously approved an $80 million COVID-19 relief plan, the first portion of the $128 million it is set to receive as part of its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding.    The plan, dubbed “Revive Santa Ana” seeks to provide local residents with more access to green space, food and housing, the Internet, and…


Santa Ana Approves $80 million COVID-19 Relief Package

The city of Santa Ana, California, unanimously approved an $80 million COVID-19 relief plan, the first portion of the $128 million it’s set to receive as part of its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding.    The plan, dubbed “Revive Santa Ana” seeks to provide local residents with more access to green space, food and housing, the internet, and homeless…