MENTAL HEALTH

Youth and young adults had been experiencing rises in depression, anxiety and self-harm over the past decade.

In the midst of the pandemic, Coach Ang Atwell decided to close her first small business to give life coaching a try-- something she knew she'd always wanted to do.

The gym is offering all teens a free membership from May 16 through Aug. 31 to encourage physical and mental wellness.

Pinwheels popping up at Hemisfair. A nonprofit is using colorful pinwheels to bring attention to Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month.

The April 14 episode of “Breakdown with #StephAndSteve” focused on how the pandemic has affected teenagers’ mental health and what parents can do to help their children.

Breakdown with #StephAndSteve explored mental health issues teenagers are facing and what steps parents can take to help.

5 things to know about neurodiversity and why it's becoming a hot topic.

9 ways to cope with mental health challenges in the workplace.

It is the first local survey of it's kind – created by teenagers, for teenagers. The questionnaire about mental health issues was released Tuesday for teens ages 12-19.

The Teen Mental Health Survey was made by high school students for young people between the ages of 12 to 19. The online survey will be open until April 10.

KSAT 12 Sports got a preview to April's fight in the Alamodome.

In light of a recent uptick in violent crimes, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus is highlighting the mental health resources available at officers' disposal.

After a deadly afternoon in the city, following several weeks of shootings and gruesome abuse cases, many are wondering what is behind the violence increase. A mental health professional weighs in.

A new CDC report shows an increase in mental health conditions in kids and adolescents during the pandemic. Local psychologists are seeing that need firsthand while trying to keep up with the demand.

If the past two years have you feeling more stressed out and anxious, some wellness products may help your mental and physical health.

How does weather and longer nights impact your health? Here are some simple ways to avoid the winter blues.

We might not be able to claim that 2021 was *the* wildest year in recent history (2020 will likely get that credit for quite some time), but it might be a close second.

Juan “JJ” Guerrero, a wounded veteran in the San Antonio area, says he knows the holidays can be a hard time for injured or sick vets and wants his peers to know that getting help with mental issues is just as important as healing physical wounds.

The City of Boerne is taking a proactive approach to address a trend they have been tracking regarding mental health calls Boerne police have been experiencing.

The San Antonio Mobile Mental Wellness Collaborative will be in San Antonio and Judson independent school districts next year, with plans to add two more districts annually.

Talli Goldman-Dolge writes about her personal journey and weight loss in 2021.

With more children reported missing around the holidays, a local psychiatrist is offering tips to maintain the mental health of parents who have missing children.

In a Thursday presentation to council members, city staff showed the results of the various surveys, town hall meetings, and meetings with the Small Business Advocacy Commission from the previous months.

Students are still dealing with the effects of the pandemic. They’re showing up to school distracted, stressed and sometimes depressed. A program at South San ISD provides the tools to manage emotions and save lives.

A novel coronavirus pandemic, remote learning, and social unrest in 2021 is creating a high suicide rate that is being considered a national emergency. Now, free mental health help is a click away, tailored for teenagers who are still stinging from the series of blows they were dealt.

Having failed to keep police out of a new mental health response team the City of San Antonio will try out beginning next spring, activists want the city to at least give a civilian-centric model a try, too.

A new veterans wellness center that takes a different approach to health and mental well-being opened Thursday on the city’s Northwest Side.

Project YES provides free, anonymous, online mental health resources to area young people coping with stress of the pandemic, school, relationships and the upcoming holidays.

Pride Center San Antonio is offering mental health services and other resources to LGBTQ+ community members seeking help. Watch this week's South Texas Pride Q&A to learn more.

We use apps to monitor our weight, track our workouts and even check sleep patterns. But will they work on our mental health? Are they safe?

Laurel Ridge Treatment Center is dealing with a surge of admissions and is attributing the increase in mental health needs in the community to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"ClarityCon: Reimagined" to be provide some assistance to those helping children.

Seeking positivity is a powerful tool in mental wellness.

San Antonio non-profits are providing resources amid a national emergency in children's mental health.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) are joining together to declare a National State of Emergency in Children’s Mental Health.

Mental load: Are you familiar with that term?

Last year over 2.3 million kids suffered with severe depression, Mental Health America said

For the first time since he was fatally shot by Bexar County deputies, the father of Nicholas Norris speaks out about his death.

The City of San Antonio is planning to try out a new way of handling mental health calls through a three-person team made up of a clinician, a paramedic, and an SAPD officer. However, some activists want the officers dropped from the responses in almost all cases.

James Pobanz spent 17 years in the U.S. Army. He got out in 2013 and changed his career field to social work to continue serving his country by helping veterans like himself.

A group of UTSA police officers will be getting trained by professors from the Department of Counseling on various aspects of mental health.

A San Antonio woman is helping those battling substance use disorders stay on track to recovery through her outpatient recovery program.

Students will perform a stage adaptation of the book Tafolla Toro

Have you ever heard of the term “Stockholm syndrome?” Well, Monday marks a little history since the incident that led to its creation took place in Sweden.

How can we go about taking control of some changes in our lives? We often do this by setting goals.

A San Antonio woman with a mental illness claims she nearly died while in Bexar County Sheriff’s Office custody late last year after suffering a lithium overdose at the jail, according to a federal lawsuit filed this month.

The Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas reports an increase in anxiety over the last year.

The smile on full display from Simone Biles said it all: The U.S. superstar stuck the landing on her balance beam routine, her face lit up, and all at once, she embodied pure joy, a seventh Olympic medal, and likely some relief, having the weight of the world off her back, at least for a few minutes.

Therapy gave Danielle Gomez the tools she needed to navigate a particularly hard chapter in her life, after both of her parents were diagnosed with cancer within six months of one another; she suffered a miscarriage; and then got pregnant again.

Educators will receive training that equips them with the tools to spot signs of mental illness and effectively intervene.

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