Lane Johnson’s Season of Strong Mental Health

Mental Health is a Team Sport

As the Eagles take on the Bucs this week, the two-time Super Bowl Champion highlights a Tampa mental health collaborative that is a model Philly might want to steal

By Lane Johnson

How Is PA Spending Its $2.2 Billion Opioid Settlement?

Counties across the state will decide how to use the money from opioid producers. Researchers at Penn State, Temple and Pitt created a database so the rest of us can see how they’re doing

By Jonathan Larsen, Amy Yeung, Dennis Scanlon, Renee Cloutier

“Do We Have to Wait Until He Stabs Someone?”

One Philadelphian learns a complicated lesson in how to help a stranger in public mental health distress — featuring a confusing municipal system and one very simple (and under funded) solution

By Kristen Demilio
Lane Johnson’s Season of Strong Mental Health

My Friendship with Jay Glazer

The two-time Super Bowl Champion, five-time All-Pro, and six-time Pro Bowler offensive lineman relies on a powerful tool he learned from the NFL and MMA broadcaster and trainer to strengthen his own mental health: authentic friendship

By Lane Johnson
Lane Johnson’s Season of Strong Mental Health

Mobile Care for KC Kids

As the Birds head to Kansas City to play the Chiefs on Sunday, the Eagles’ five-time All-Pro, six-time Pro Bowler shares the city's innovative approach to get children the mental healthcare they deserve

By Lane Johnson
Guest Commentary

Federal Grants Should Serve People, Not Politics

A mental healthcare provider CEO says Trump’s new executive order on federal grants will take the scientists out of science

By Dr. Jeannine L. Lisitski
Guest Commentary

Dear City Council, Support Women’s Health

Planned Parenthood clinics serve 20,000 Philadelphians each year. They’re at risk of closing — unless the City steps up

By Signe Espinoza and Sarah Scully
Lane Johnson’s Season of Strong Mental Health

The Pro Bowler’s Latest Title — Citizen Columnist

Each week this season, two-time Super Bowl Champion, five-time All-Pro, and six-time Pro Bowler offensive lineman Lane Johnson will spotlight people and programs in the world of mental health. Ahead of the Birds’ first game tonight, he shares his own struggles — and what has helped

By Lane Johnson
Guest Commentary

Don’t Just Legalize Marijuana

Potent THC products are flooding stores and sending children to the ER. A Penn ethicist says legalization isn’t the question anymore — building a smarter, safer health system is.

By Dominic Sisti

Predatory Finance + Magical Thinking = Hospitals Close

The private equity takeover and collapse of Crozer Health System isn’t the cause of hospital closures, says an MD and former hospital CEO. It’s a scapegoat for a broken healthcare system

By Frank Speidel