May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance West Virginia has a lot going on to raise awareness and provide help by […]
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Take care of yourself
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. And it’s pretty safe to say we’ve all been aware of our mental health the last couple years — particularly its […]
Valley HealthCare responds to criticism
KINGWOOD — Recent claims about excessive wait times for mental health care at Valley HealthCare System are exaggerated. That’s according to CEO Brian Sharp, who contacted The […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid: Law of the land
In our (hopefully) last The Good, the Bad and the Stupid for the year, we’re going to introduce you to some of West Virginia’s new laws. To […]
Lawmakers should reject Instagram’s attempts to throw parents under the bus
by Dr. Brian Primack and Sadie Primack Instagram recently announced that a central pillar of its response to teen mental health harms will be to create controls […]
Disruptive behavior is on the rise
by Melissa Schlinger This past fall, my 14-year-old son, Will, came home from school and told me that some of his fellow students had participated in a […]
It’s OK to get angry over omicron; it’s absolutely exhausting
by Owen Lee-Park As I walk through the entrance of our busy emergency department, I see the familiar sight of the anxious and frustrated faces of patients […]
2022, a year for self love
We sit down at the table to go over bills, paying them, balancing a checkbook, budgeting. We sit down at a table for an interview, for others […]
COLUMN: It’s time to take a holiday break
The season is in full swing, with holiday decor from your neighbor’s house to the mall, traffic backed up a mile-long with frantic holiday shoppers, the air […]
Gov. needs to fund mental health
When West Virginia University revealed it had found a public suicide threat, it responded immediately by reminding the letter’s writer and all students that they could seek […]