Tag: Mental health

In opioid-ravaged WVa, potential deal raises hopes for help

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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Crumbling roofs and parking lots. Broadband glitches. Technology challenges. The priority list for Prestera Center goes beyond the mental health and...

Giants minor leaguer who attempted suicide last year retires

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SAN FRANCISCO — Drew Robinson, the San Francisco Giants minor leaguer who survived a suicide attempt last year that took his right eye and...

Liz Cambage pulls out of Australia’s Olympic team for Tokyo

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Liz Cambage has withdrawn from Australia’s Olympic women’s basketball team because of the anxiety she’s feeling about living and competing inside the restrictive bubble...

Solicitor: Data dump prolongs jail death investigation

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — The South Carolina prosecutor investigating the jail death of a mentally ill Black man said Wednesday that the sheriff's office has...

Olympic athletes confront mental health challenges

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Sam Mikulak felt frantic. The American gymnast had his training disrupted by COVID-19, and the Tokyo Olympics were postponed until 2021. ...

Grief counselors in short supply with gun violence rising

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PHILADELPHIA — As Brett Roman Williams stood at the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office staring at a photo of his older brother’s face, a familiar...

Tennis players discuss mental health issues raised by Osaka

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WIMBLEDON, England — Naomi Osaka was not the first professional tennis player to withdraw during a Grand Slam tournament because of mental health concerns...

Expert: Newspaper gunman is autistic and delusional with OCD

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The man who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper suffers from autism, obsessive compulsive disorder and delusional disorder, a mental...

Rodgers says he’s spent offseason ‘working on myself’

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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers says he has spent this offseason focusing on improving himself in every respect, and that...

Suicidal crises, mental fatigue: Kids grapple with reentry

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After two suicidal crises during pandemic isolation, 16-year-old Zach Sampson feels stronger but worries his social skills have gone stale. ...