MENTAL HEALTH

Massachusetts spends more money on research into problem gambling than most other states, but the available budget has gone down in recent years. This is the third story in our three-part series — "Safe Bet: Is Massachusetts fulfilling its problem-gambling mandate?"

Thoughts about the concept of "moral injury" — a relatively new term describing an ancient condition suffered by those who go to war.

The vast majority of state funding for problem gambling is earmarked for treatment and prevention, but many worry the need is still not being met. This is the second story in our three-part series — "Safe Bet: Is Massachusetts fulfilling its problem-gambling mandate?"

More than five years into MGM Springfield's operations, the state-funded GameSense program remains a key part of the legal mandate to reduce problem gambling. This is the first story in our three-part series — "Safe Bet: Is Massachusetts fulfilling its problem-gambling mandate?"

In a 2021 survey of Massachusetts high school students, a third reported feeling sad or hopeless for two or more weeks in a row and almost 15% said they had seriously considered suicide in the past year.

Health workers who reported harassment also reported higher rates of anxiety and depression, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.

State Sen. Jo Comerford, D- Northampton, presented a bill that would allow terminally ill patients with a life expectancy of six months or less to take medication that would allow them to voluntarily end their lives.

The Community Care Clinic in Springfield has clinicians, psychiatrists and social workers that speak English, Spanish, Arabic, Somali, Farsi, Amharic, Swahili, French and Portuguese.

La agencia ahora tiene más de 100 empleados y un presupuesto operativo de casi $13 millones. También hay planes para un nuevo centro comunitario, el Barbara Rivera Family & Community Center en Chestnut Street.

We get our workout on with Dallas Ducar of Transhealth as they gear up for Pony Sweat, head up to Amherst to see the new brick and mortar location of Restless Books, and have our weekly chat with Rep. Jim McGovern.