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A North Carolina program that provides “mental health first aid” training is expanding to 10th through 12th graders this year. For years, the state Department of Health and Human Services has provided training to hundreds of adults who work at schools or youth programs. The Youth Mental Health First Aid program teaches adults to recognize […]

How easily stress sometimes slides to depression and despair before sinking into hopelessness. The earlier an intervention intercepts that continuum, the greater the chance of averting crisis. Teens emerging from the shelter of childhood into the comparatively callous world of adulthood often are at their most vulnerable. The second leading cause of death for children […]