MENTAL HEALTH

Merriam Webster senior editor Emily Brewster said the searches for "gaslighting" were driven by general interest and by specific events during 2022.

The Latino Economic Development Corporation is teaming up with the Gándara Center, a mental health organization with Latino, Spanish-speaking counselors.

The Connecticut State Board of Education voted Wednesday to order an investigation into the Killingly school district for its refusal to open a school-based mental health center at its high school.

Geographically, there was a higher percentage of telehealth use in the Metro Boston area, the Pioneer Valley and on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.

Pittsfield Mayor Linda Tyer said after the city hires two social workers, they should weigh-in on the creation of a community-based mental health service.

The Massachusetts Department of Correction said it does not allow civil mental health commitments at Bridgewater State Hospital.

The long-term Harvard study has followed Romanian children, abandoned as babies, into adulthood.

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, activists are holding a march and rally on the six month anniversary of the police shooting and death of Miguel Estrella. Protesters want an unarmed emergency mental health response.

The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is improving access to the suicide prevention hotline through a centralized call center shared with the Department of Children and Families and operated by the United Way of Connecticut.

The pandemic didn't increase suicide rates among veterinarians, but it did bring them to the public's attention.