mental health

Suicide prevention begins with identifying people with serious thoughts of self-harm and realizing the impact language and actions can have for those struggling with mental health issues.

Coping with mental health issues — whether through therapy, medication or both — “is not always simple (but) faith does wonderful things.”

The New York Archdiocese’s Superintendent of Schools Michael J. Deegan unveiled to OSV News a Catholic educational pilot program that offers new hope to entire communities, following the Feb. 15 announcement of a new round of school closures and mergers.

Catholic Charities received a grant from the Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP) to launch Nashville Heals.

“Public policy should protect people who must take time away from their jobs to handle serious family responsibilities.”

The National Alliance on Mental Illness indicates that one in five U.S. adults experience mental illness each year, while 17% of youth (6-17 years) annually experience a mental health disorder.

There is “no question” the actions of the Parkland, Florida, school shooter “were heinous,” but “a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole is a severe and just punishment,” said Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski.

“In a nutshell, the decline in religious engagement does clearly have potential negative unintended consequences for mental and physical health,” says one psychology professor.