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I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety my whole life. That’s not an easy thing to admit, especially publicly. But mental health awareness isn’t what it used to be, thankfully. more

By Mark Nolan | 6/29/23

Andrea Lozito has found activities, like walking her puppy, that help reduce her anxiety and depression.

Out of the Darkness Walk on Oct. 23 at Jones Beach

Many people have experienced anxiety or a more serious mental health struggle, or have lost a friend or a loved one to suicide. The global lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic shined a spotlight on these issues. more

By Kepherd Daniel | 10/13/22

Bronx native Hyman Gorenberg’s 92-year life was rooted in humility and focused on his family, his friends and his professional endeavors.

Longtime Five Towner Hyman Gorenberg, 92

Where most people usually focus on one discipline and might dabble in another, Hyman Gorenberg was a tenured professor, a certified public accountant and an attorney in a life that spanned 92 years. He died on Sept. 12, 2022. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/22/22

The old gym in the old Lawrence High School. The assorted items will either be sold by the school district or kept and used.

$5 million Lawrence school building overhaul progresses

xcept for the signs on selected doorways that read “Do Not Open” or “Keep Locked,” no one — not the students, teachers, administrators or security staff — who walks the halls of the Lawrence School District’s Broadway campus would know that the building is being renovated. more

By Jeff Bessen | 2/24/22

Resolve to monitor your mental health in 2021

Let’s say it like it was: 2020 was miserable. It was a horrid year for us all. Everyone — everyone — was affected to one degree or another by . . . more

1/7/21

Mental health groups face funding cuts as cases rise

Nonprofit mental health services in New York are facing a cut in state aid at a time when many people are struggling with anxiety and depression as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, conditions … more

By Melissa Koenig | 12/8/20

Psychiatrist Dr. Caryl Oris spoke with Baldwin parents via Zoom on Nov. 9 about how to cope with stress and anxiety.

Managing Covid-19 stress, anxiety

The state of the country, with the relentless coronavirus pandemic, political turmoil and social unrest, has left people of all ages feeling anxious, stressed and depressed. In June, adults … more

By Bridget Downes | 11/19/20

The Marion & Aaron Gural JCC’s Sustenance Hope Opportunities Place has seem a nearly 40 percent rise in clients as the coronavirus pandemic has caused record-setting unemployment and a continuing need for meals.

Covid-19’s economic disruption

With the U.S. economy nearing the end of a major shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, the nationwide unemployment rate is nearly 15 percent — a historic number that dwarfs the peak of the Great Recession of 2008-09 and draws comparisons to the Great Depression in the 1930s. more

By Jeff Bessen | 5/20/20

New Horizon Counseling Center, whose Nassau facility is in Valley Stream, is offering 24/7 mental health phone counseling.

New Horizon offering 24/7 counseling in time of need

As millions of people nationwide lose their jobs amid the coronavirus outbreak, and millions more shelter in place to avoid infection, anxieties are likely at an all-time high. But in Nassau County, … more

By Peter Belfiore | 4/13/20

Making room for mental health in schools

"I’m going trick-or-treating with Freddy Brown this Halloween dressed as Chucky.” I said this to my mom as I left my therapist’s office at the Bio Behavioral Institute in Great Neck. more

By Brian Stieglitz | 11/7/19

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