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Alissa Jerud, a licensed clinical psychologist at Penn Medicine, specializes in helping people overcome their fears. She's also a clinical assistant professor at Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania.

Plane crashes, wildfires, government funding, bird flu. Two Philly mental health experts offer crisis coping advice

Alissa Jerud of Penn Medicine and Brian Mullan of Thriveworks offer tips during a topsy-turvy time.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris (center) with her grandniece, Amara Ajagu, and surrounded by family during the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago.

The Republican obsession with women who haven’t given birth is just weird

Jenice Armstrong | Columnist

Emily Becker-Haimes is clinical director of the Pediatric Anxiety Treatment Center at Hall Mercer, a clinic in Center City that assesses and treats children and adolescents with anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

She’s an expert on OCD at Penn. It still took a while to recognize the disorder in her 5-year-old son.

Drew Lightfoot is a licensed professional counselor who specializes in the intersection between mental health and gaming culture. A gamer himself, Lightfoot says many of the strategies he uses in therapy are similar to those employed while playing video games.

Can teens learn coping skills from playing video games? This Thriveworks therapist thinks so.

Teenagers carry Tyshaun Wells' casket at his funeral in January. Wells, 16, was waiting for the subway at the City Hall SEPTA station when gunfire broke out on the platform. Earlier that evening, Wells had been at the Level Up after-school program.

Philly teens can feel like ‘soldiers in a war zone.’ Here’s how some adults help them process grief.

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