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
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
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
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
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
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
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