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Friends and family of Miguel Estrella gathered Sunday in Persip Park in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to remember 22-year-old Miguel Estrella, who was fatally shot by a city police officer a year ago.
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The mother of a Stamford, Connecticut, teenager says she’s not safe at home. A hospital says she can’t stay there forever. And alternate schools say she’s too aggressive to be enrolled. A family struggles with the question: Where does she go?
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Citizens for Juvenile Justice compiled data showing foster children fare much worse academically than their peers.
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Massachusetts Medical Society said its survey of more than 500 members found a majority "experienced symptoms that reach the threshold for burnout."
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In 2019, more than a third of eighth-grade students reported sustained sadness or hopelessness that impacted their usual activities.
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GameSense was implemented as part of the state's casino legislation.
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It’s a heartbreakingly familiar pattern across the U.S. Another mass shooting. Another shrine appears at the site of the tragedy — flowers, teddy bears, candles. Later, communities have to decide what to save and how to tell the story. Here's how some choose to archive the aftermath.
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People can experience symptoms of PTSD after being exposed to videos with violence and death. Those symptoms can show up immediately or weeks later.
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Experts found that problems that existed before COVID-19 were only exacerbated by the pandemic.
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Thirty-seven hospitals in Massachusetts have started offering intensive home-based mental health care to the families of children stuck in emergency rooms.