mental health

Money from the Federal American Rescue Plan will be used to fund mental health and wellness services and employees, SUNY officials decided Wednesday.

Demand is high for mental health support in the Mohawk Valley, and Insights of Helio Health is expanding its services to help meet the need.

The beginning of the school year is just a few weeks away, but since the COVID-19 pandemic, many students have been struggling with mental health issues at school and at home.

Chief nursing officer Scott Jessie talks about the nursing profession, including the variety of career opportunities and the rewards of helping others. And psychiatrist Christopher Lucas discusses social media and the potential mental health impact on adolescents and young adults, in particular.

Upstate Medical University in Syracuse is starting a program to help primary care physicians diagnose and treat mental health issues in their patients.

Pulmonologist and sleep medicine specialist Dragos Manta, MD, discusses sleep disorders and how to get good quality sleep. Author and childhood cancer survivor Anne Bramlage, EdD, shares the children's book she wrote about cancer. Child and adolescent psychiatrist Nayla Khoury, MD, discusses new training for mental health providers.

Two years into the pandemic, mental health care is still hard to come by. Telemedicine has helped, but many people are still waiting months for an appointment.

Toxicologist Willie Eggleston from the Upstate New York Poison Center discusses the effects and dangers of marijuana edibles compared to marijuana cigarettes. Child psychologist Ron Saletsky goes over child and adolescent mental health services. Urologic oncologist, Dr. Joseph Jacob explains bladder reconstruction and removal for treatment of advanced bladder cancer.

Geriatric specialist Andrea Berg discusses fall prevention for seniors. Pharmacist Timothy Chiang discusses chemotherapy. And Dr. Kaushal Nanavati addresses the mental exhaustion and burnout so many people are feeling. He is Upstate's assistant dean of wellness.

This week on HealthLink on Air: Neuroscientists Stephen Glatt and Jonathan Hess go over their BrainGenie tool and how it is improving research into brain disorders including mental illnesses and neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Katie Anderson provides practical advice about COVID-19 boosters, emerging variants and how much longer COVID-19 testing is likely to be a part of our lives. And, Dr. Kaushal Nanavati talks about how to spend a mental health day. Listen this Sunday, September 26 at 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. for more.