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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but if you're like WCCO, you know it is essential to check in with yourself and your loved ones every month.
Let's be real: life can be overwhelming. Your brain needs a break between emails, errands, board meetings, and your cat's feeding schedule. That's why we're giving it the love it needs this Mental Health Awareness Month. Follow us on your television or streaming device for stories on brain research and chemistry. Hear from local nonprofits working to support you, and receive a reminder to check in with yourself when time seems to go by too fast. Engage with us on social media and share your tips and tricks to having a good day or how you have been a bright spot for someone else.
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Computer scientists at the University of Minnesota are studying the impact TikTok's algorithm is having on its users who view mental health content -- a popular category.
Forest therapy is a practice based on forest bathing - a Japanese method that is all about immersing people in the natural environment around them to improve their overall health.
The Pennsylvania senator talks about his "downward spiral" that led to a diagnosis of major depression, how his health scare affected his family, and his reasons for feeling hopeful for the future.
North Dakota public schools and state agencies would be prohibited from using any pronouns for students and employees that don't reflect their sex at birth, under a bill approved by the legislature.
Goldie Hawn appeared on "CBS Mornings" to talk about the mental health program that led to her inclusion on the list.
After veterans went through FDA-approved trials with other psychedelic drugs, two-thirds no longer had PTSD. Several of these trials are happening in the U.S. now.
Sims's store on University Avenue became Minnesota's first- Black-owned bookstore in several years when it opened last October.
A Colorado school district is prioritizing mental health by building a new facility that will double up as a school and a mental health day-treatment center.
"It's here, mental health exists. It's impacting our kids to a degree that we need this embedded in schools," Masters said. "The stressors these kids are facing, many of them are things adults have not faced in their entire lifetime."
A severe shortage of mental health treatment options means kids in crisis increasingly find themselves in emergency rooms for weeks or longer.
