mental health

The pandemic threw off routines that kids had known for years. Now what they've come to know for the past several months is shifting all over again.

Not many young students will volunteer information, unprompted, about feelings of depression or their recent experimentation with drugs.

More and more kids are experiencing what is being called the "pandemic wall," or cognitive overload, more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began.

The coronavirus pandemic has created a "cataclysmic event" of increased anxiety and depression amongst people in all demographics in the Garden State.

Nine bills advance through Assembly committees aimed at preparing for what one lawmaker calls New Jersey's next crisis.

Police Officers in Toms River were able to diffuse a stressful situation and prevent a suicide by cop shooting along James Street and Lewis Avenue early Sunday morning.

Whether you refer to it as #NoShaveNovember or #Movember the important thing to remember all November long goes above the fun or growing facial hair.

Sources report that decorating for Christmas earlier than usual this year may actually serve as a much needed pick-me-up for your mental health.

RWJ-Barnabas Health is joining forces with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) for the annual 'NAMIWalks Your Way' New Jersey fundraiser to promote awareness of mental health and reduce the stigma that comes along with it and asking for help.

A Middletown woman who suffers from a mental illness has gone missing and police are hoping you can help provide any information that can bring her back home.

Virtual learning environments can take a toll on a child's mental and emotional health but there are ways to help create a healthy balance, says experts.

At an Assembly hearing, lawmakers are told providers are readying for "a surge after the surge" of behavioral health needs that won't peak for months.