mental health

According to a new study, New Jersey falls within the list of top ten happiest states in the country.

Police officers who've responded to a critical incident can confidentially receive psychological help from Monmouth Medical Center's outpatient behavioral health team.

The Lakewood man who caused a domestic disturbance then proceeded to barricade himself inside his home then shoot at police, has been indicted by a Grand Jury in Ocean County.

Someone does not have to actively be in crisis to seek mental health treatment. The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice says it's always a conversation worth having.

The pandemic threw off routines that kids had known for years. Now what they've come to know for the past several months is shifting all over again.

Not many young students will volunteer information, unprompted, about feelings of depression or their recent experimentation with drugs.

More and more kids are experiencing what is being called the "pandemic wall," or cognitive overload, more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began.

The coronavirus pandemic has created a "cataclysmic event" of increased anxiety and depression amongst people in all demographics in the Garden State.

"It was just me and the thoughts, and I had nothing to distract me from it. That was really, really hard," Essex County resident Renee Audrey told New Jersey 101.5.

Nine bills advance through Assembly committees aimed at preparing for what one lawmaker calls New Jersey's next crisis.