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Dallas ISD Offers Support for Teachers and Students Mental Health
Dallas ISD is holding a series of mental health forums, where teachers, students and families can discuss the challenges of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Tips for Elevating Your Mental Health and Managing Stress
Dr. Chloe Carmichael, clinical psychologist and author of “Nervous Energy,” joins NBC 5 to offer some advice on how to manage stress in a safe and healthy way.
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‘JOY Program' Helps Parents Help Children Struggling With Mental Health Issues
Cook Children’s in Fort Worth is seeing the real life and death results of what the combination of mental health issues and a pandemic can do to children. NBC 5 reporter Noelle Walker takes a look at the ‘Joy Program’ aimed at helping parents help their children.
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Cook Children's Starts ‘JOY' Campaign to Explore Pandemic Impact on Kids
Cook Children’s in Fort Worth is seeing the real life and death results of what the combination of mental health issues and a pandemic can do to children. NBC 5 reporter Noelle Walker takes a look at the ‘Joy Program’ aimed at helping parents help their children.
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Setting Boundaries in Your Social Life Will Help Post-Pandemic Anxiety
We may experience anxiety returning to normal life coming out of the pandemic, though we may not notice the feeling right away or even expect it. It’s going to be a big change, says mental health counselor Todd Baratz. “This is like, moving to another country big change.” Setting boundaries in your social life can help.
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UNT Students Help Start the Conversation About Mental Health Issues
Trying to navigate this new normal can be stressful, but mental health and letting people know it’s OK not to be OK is happening more often. NBC 5 reporter Noelle Walker reports University of North Texas students are helping start the conversation about mental health.
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UNT Mental Health Organization Raises Awareness
Trying to navigate this new normal can be stressful, but mental health and letting people know it’s OK not to be OK is happening more often. NBC 5 reporter Noelle Walker reports University of North Texas students are helping start the conversation about mental health.
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Local Radio Station Works to Break Mental Health Stigmas in South Asian Community
A local radio station hosts a monthly mental health segment to spark conversation about issues that often go unchecked in the South Asian community.
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Local Radio Station Works to Break Mental Health Stigmas in South Asian Community
A local radio station hosts a monthly mental health segment to spark conversation about issues that often go unchecked in the South Asian community.
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Paris Hilton Returns to Utah for Ceremonial Bill Signing
Paris Hilton returned to Salt Lake City for a ceremonial bill signing for a law that regulates treatment centers for troubled teens in Utah.
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Mental Health Expert Advises Self-Care During Chauvin Trial
As the trial for Derek Chauvin plays out, we’ve learned more about the day George Floyd died almost a year ago. As people confess to feeling mentally and emotionally taxed, mental health experts say it’s critical to set boundaries.
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Mental Health Expert Advises Self-Care During Chauvin Trial
As the trial of Derek Chauvin plays out, we’ve learned more about the day George Floyd died almost a year ago. As people confess to feeling mentally and emotionally taxed, mental health experts say it’s critical to set boundaries.
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Therapist Sees Rise in People Seeking Help for Mental Health During Pandemic
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, therapist Awstin Gregg says he’s seen a spike in the number of people reaching out for help. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or reach out to the Crisis Text Line by texting ‘Home’ to 741741.
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Community Conversation: Athletes Build Mental Health Platform
Two, former professional athletes are turning their pain into purpose as they build a mental health platform for men. In addition to a new, cable television show set to premiere in Summer 2021, licensed therapist Jay Barnett and former Seattle Seahawk Marcus Smith are using various platforms to help Black men heal. In today’s community conversation, NBC 5’s Laura Harris…
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Want to Try Therapy Without a Therapist? Draw a Card.
Dr. Ebony Butler created My Therapy Cards, which encourage assessing one’s emotions, writing in a journal and many other ways of examining the self and bettering mental health. The cards can be used on your own, in a group of friends, or along with a therapist. Butler says the cards can help people who don’t have access to mental health...
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Being Away From Others Led to Spike in Alcohol, Drug Consumption
The pandemic led us away from people, with more working at home and fewer social gatherings. Along with other stressors, the nation saw a spike in alcohol and drug consumption. Psychologist and counselor Kevin Gilliland tells LX News about building good habits and keeping up our mental health.
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Girls' Confidence Plummets at as Young as 8. Here's How to Help Them — or Yourself
Research suggests that many girls’ self-confidence takes a nose dive as early as age eight. Here are tips on how to build it up.
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Can't Stop Staring At Yourself in that Zoom Call? Blame Zoom Fatigue
It’s become all too familiar these days: the dreaded video meeting. You log in to what feels like your hundredth Zoom meeting of the day. You do the obligatory greeting and wave. And then you mute your mic. Then, no matter how hard you try to pay attention to whatever your boss is presenting, your eyes will not cooperate and...
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Alyson Stoner of ‘Step Up' Says Movement and Dancing Can Boost Your Mental Health
You might know Alyson Stoner for her childhood roles in Missy Elliott music videos or the ‘Step Up’ film series. Now she’s started the platform Movement Genius and is teaching classes to boost mental health through affirmations and movement.