As financial markets roil, mental health issues boil
By JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS // If stock market swings are making you crazy, you’re not alone. Seven in 10 recently surveyed Americans said their financial stress is at an all-time…
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Poll: Most Long Islanders avoid the naughty list in 2024
By GREGORY ZELLER // Don’t believe all that noise about New Yorkers being a nasty lot – it’s a bunch of hogwash, according to the latest Mount Sinai South Nassau…
As kids’ psychological struggles mount, forces unite
By TERRY LYNAM // The mental health of America’s kids was a concern long before COVID-19 upended society, so no one should be surprised by a new government study showing…
Mental block: Poll reveals Island mental health ‘crisis’
By GREGORY ZELLER // Social studies continue to paint bleak portraits of Long Island’s mental health landscape. Just one week after Stony Brook Medicine’s Long Island LGBTQ+ Community Health Needs…
Healthcare transparency: More than just a data dump
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Imagine finding out that you have cancer via a text message while barreling down the Northern State Parkway. I did. It was a Friday, April 1,…
Healthcare finally prioritizing providers’ mental health
By TERRY LYNAM // They’re often held to higher standards, but doctors and other medical professionals are mere mortals, just like the rest of us. Unlike the rest of us,…
Plot twist: ‘Choker’ Biles becomes mental-health hero
By TERRY LYNAM // When U.S. gymnast Simone Biles announced that she was withdrawing from the team finals and individual all-around competition at the Tokyo Olympics because she had to…
Y innovates intervention as COVID’s mental toll mounts
By STACEY SPATA // How are you doing today? Take a minute to ask yourself this question. As New York State restrictions are lifted, it feels like we may be…