mental health

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.

Police Officers in Toms River were able to diffuse a stressful situation and prevent a suicide by cop shooting along James Street and Lewis Avenue early Sunday morning.

Whether you refer to it as #NoShaveNovember or #Movember the important thing to remember all November long goes above the fun or growing facial hair.

Sources report that decorating for Christmas earlier than usual this year may actually serve as a much needed pick-me-up for your mental health.

RWJ-Barnabas Health is joining forces with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) for the annual 'NAMIWalks Your Way' New Jersey fundraiser to promote awareness of mental health and reduce the stigma that comes along with it and asking for help.