Topic: Mental Health

Guest Commentary: How will the Next Mayor Address Mental Illness?
Local mental health advocates call on mayoral candidates to address the underlying issue that affects, crime, drugs, homelessness and growth
By Marc Pomper and Elizabeth Sinclair Hancq
What We Can Learn From John Fetterman
The Senator’s public admission of his mental health struggles sends an important signal — especially, a young Philadelphian argues, for other men
By Jemille Q. Duncan
Guest Commentary: Six Ways Schools Can Better Serve Students
The heads of two local youth organizations asked students what they needed to feel safe and well-served in schools. Here, some solutions to fix what ails the system
By Darryl Bundrige and Donna Cooper
Guest Commentary: PA Adults with Autism Deserve More
Pennsylvania has among the fewest housing options for people with intellectual disabilities. That, a mother, scholar and advocate notes, causes them harm — and wastes all of our money
By Amy Lutz
Listen: Ali Velshi on Mental Health Care — and Eric Adams’ Policy
MSNBC host and Citizen Board Member Ali Velshi breaks down the policy of hospitalizing mentally ill persons against their will — and explains why we still wrestle with it today
By Ali Velshi
Ideas We Should Steal: A Comprehensive Approach to Mental Health Care
An Oklahoma program helps save police resources and provide better care for residents in distress. Could Philly do the same to combat our mental health care crisis?
By Jessica Blatt Press
Generation Change Philly: The Healthcare Revolutionary
Penn Medicine’s Shreya Kangovi has created a community health model that has worked with 16,000 Philadelphians and has been replicated in 18 states. The key? Listening
By Natalie Pompilio
Ideas We Should Steal: Mental Health Days for Philly Students
Twelve U.S. states allow school kids to take excused days off for emotional well-being. PA should too
By Courtney DuChene