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May 26, 2021
Parenting is never easy. The COVID-19 pandemic has rendered the usual difficulties of parenting even more challenging. Anyone navigating working from home with...
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May 3, 2021
Living with OCD has been a journey. When I was younger, I spent so much time washing my hands, closing and opening the...
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April 28, 2021
My generation is dealing with an escalating mental health crisis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that “one in five… American...
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April 16, 2021
Social media is everywhere. It has allowed people to connect at any time and place, and especially during the pandemic, it has become...
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February 17, 2021
“We became involved with The Jed Foundation (JED) in the worst way for the worst reason,” says Cindy Carpenter. She and her husband...
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February 10, 2021
“Physical well-being is often prioritized over mental well-being,” says Cindy Citrone, founder of the Citrone 33 Foundation. “As a mother of four young...
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February 9, 2021
It’s third period, before the bell, and an awkward silence passes. We can all see each other, but no one says a word....
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December 15, 2020
As we reflect on the 20 years since we founded The Jed Foundation, we are deeply appreciative of the generosity of so many...
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October 8, 2020
Oh how I miss my clients. I see them every week, but my goodness, I miss them. I miss their energy. As a...
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September 2, 2020
It’s been well established that safeguarding and limiting access to lethal means, such as guns, reduces suicides. This is called “means restriction.” In...
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August 20, 2020
By SARA GORMAN Director of Research and Knowledge Dissemination at JED Much has been written about the impact of COVID-19 on mental health....
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August 10, 2020
By DORIS IAROVICI, MD Psychiatrist & JED Subject Matter Expert When much of the US–and the world–went into lockdown this spring, most of...
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