Invites You to Attend OUR SECOND STATEWIDE FORUM Monday December 12, 2016 Middlesex County Fire Academy (Continental Breakfast & Lunch Provided) Welcome Session from 8:00am to 9:00am Followed by Two Morning…
Two Port Authority police officers who completed crisis intervention training in Bergen County last week helped talk a 23-year-old man out of jumping from the George Washington Bridge on Friday,…
Jessica Stagg is an outpatient Clinician with Atlantic Behavioral Health at Newton Medical Center. Q: What if your teen won’t talk to you about stress? If you can see the…
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie on Monday signed into law a suicide prevention bill focusing on college students. The measure, called The Madison Holleran Suicide Prevention Act, was inspired by a New Jersey high school track…
Approximately one in five Americans lives with a mental health condition, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. New Jersey is not immune to this alarming reality. Yet a…
TRENTON – A woman is walking 80 miles while pulling a casket from her home to the state capitol to raise awareness of mental health issues, including suicide and addiction….
Millions of Americans struggle with diagnosable anxiety disorders. However, the feelings of worry, nervousness, and fear that characterize anxiety occur normally in nearly all individuals. While these feelings may seem…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette By Joe Smydo and Rich Lord Responding to a 911 call of a man trying to force his sister from an apartment, Pittsburgh police encountered Ian Bankert on…
A new style of training for police recruits emphasizes techniques to better de-escalate conflict situations. BURIEN, WASH. — The police recruits arrived in pairs in the woods outside Seattle. For…
CAMDEN – A Camden County Police officer was honored Monday at the department’s Camden headquarters for his work to reduce bullying and violence at city schools. Lt. Jeremy Merck received the Teach…