They stepped away for mental health. Their comebacks are powering the Olympics.

Read the full article at CSMonitor.com Gymnast Simone Biles is not only smiling at the Olympics again. She is also competing. So is swimmer Caeleb Dressel. Both highly decorated athletes […]

Simone Biles’s triumphant Olympics comeback is a testament to something quite ordinary: consistent therapy

Read the full article at Forune.com Simone Biles wouldn’t be on the mat if she didn’t spend time on the couch, she explained at this year’s Olympics in Paris. As […]

Mayor Parker signs bills expanding funding program to children’s hospitals, authorizing Northeast health center

Read full article at Inquirer.com The lobby of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children buzzed with excitement Thursday morning as physicians, nurses, and patients awaited Mayor Cherelle L. Parker to celebrate […]

Philly leaders agree on a need to divert kids from the justice system. But can they agree how?

Read full article at Inquirer.com Experts say Philly’s brand-new Juvenile Assessment Center, or JAC, is crucial to the goal of diverting kids from the juvenile justice system. Police Commissioner Kevin […]

How Simone Biles kicked down the door for Team USA Olympians to discuss mental health

Read the full article at USAToday.com Jordan Chiles is often, what the kids say, “a mood.” Her personality is evident in her gymnastics and everything she does around it. Moments […]

Why CHOP’s chief psychiatrist is hopeful in the midst of a child and teen mental health crisis

Read full article at Inquirer.com “We all need to come together to support healthy emotional development,” said Tami Benton, CHOP’s psychiatrist-in-chief. The kids are still not all right. Three years […]

PPD union partners with wellness app to provide free resources to officers

See full article at Audacy.com PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Philadelphia police officers now have free access to mental health support thanks to a new partnership with the GUIDE App. The […]

As wounds and amputations spike, experts say Philly’s $100M addiction treatment center must ensure adequate medical care for patients

Read full article at Inquirer.com Mayor Cherelle L. Parker plans to build a $100 million addiction treatment center and shelter near the city’s jail complex on State Road but so […]

Philadelphia’s Donna Bullock will replace Sister Mary Scullion as Project HOME’s leader

Read full article at Inquirer.com Donna Bullock, a Democratic state legislator who lives in Strawberry Mansion and grew up sleeping on couches in other people’s houses, will become CEO of […]

Tobacco-like warning label for social media sought by surgeon general who asks Congress to act

Read full article at Inquirer.com The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms and their effects on young people’s lives, similar to […]