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Every Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Booker T. Washington Center, the Choosing Peace program teaches Macon-Bibb County kids about peaceful conflict resolution in an effort to reduce violence and improve ...

When social worker Jim Henry met the 7-year-old, she was living with an aunt after her mother died. The girl was struggling in school. Wasn’t sleeping. Had emotional issues. Henry drew two houses on a ...

MACON, Ga. — Macon Mental Health Matters has released the findings from its first-ever public Adverse Childhood Experience - ACE - survey aimed at addressing adolescent mental health issues.

JOHNSON CITY — The Tennessee Department of Health, after conducting a review of the trauma program at Johnson City Medical Center, recently issued its Level I Trauma Center Reverification Site Visit ...

Racism can cause symptoms of PTSD. Source: Marcos Calvo Mesa/iStockPhoto Super Bowl Slurs Amy was a 21-year-old, Japanese American college student at a large, public university in New England. She ...

Most trauma professionals and members of the general public say they would prefer palliative care following a severe injury if physicians determined aggressive critical care would not save their lives ...

VALDOSTA, Ga. (WALB) - Many who are still recovering during the aftermath of Hurricane Helene are struggling emotionally. In times like these experts say it’s important to think about your mental ...

If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 9-8-8, or the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. Adolescent girls across the ...