Posts Tagged ‘mental health’
Meet Tompkins County’s Deputy Commissioner of Mental Health
Harrmony Ayers-Friedlander, Deputy Commissioner of Mental Health Services. (Provided) TOMPKINS COUNTY, NY — The Tompkins County Mental Health Department is welcoming Harmony Ayers-Friedlander as their new Deputy Commissioner of Mental Health Services. Ayers-Friedlander has served in this position as well as Director of Community Services since March, but is only now officially being introduced to…
Read MoreYouth Voices Episode 5: Mental Health And Mental Illness (4/7/2021) [AUDIO]
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 in 5 American adults experience a mental disorder every year, as well as 1 in 6 American children. Despite its commonality, negative attitudes towards mental illness still persist, including the idea that people with mental health disorders are violent, unstable or dangerous. Although it’s not always easy,…
Read MoreYouth Voices Episode 4: Mental Health And Mental Illness (3/24/2021) [AUDIO]
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 in 5 American adults experience a mental disorder every year, as well as 1 in 6 American children. Despite its commonality, negative attitudes towards mental illness still persist, including the idea that people with mental health disorders are violent, unstable or dangerous. Although it’s not always…
Read MoreThe Loneliness Radio Project, Ep. 4: College student who immigrated to U.S. as child shares mental health barriers [AUDIO]
Welcome to the fourth and final episode of The Loneliness Project, an audio production of WRFI and the Ithaca College Park Scholars Program. Throughout the series, we have highlighted the perspectives of students, mental health activists, college administrators, and public safety officers. But, mental illness and loneliness? For many, they don’t begin in college. Not even close. In this…
Read MoreThe Loneliness Radio Project, Ep. 2: How does social media impact young people’s mental health? [AUDIO]
Welcome to the second episode of The Loneliness Project, an audio production of WRFI and the Ithaca College Park Scholars Program. From mental health to social media, reporters throughout the Ithaca community are analyzing the issue of loneliness through multiple lenses. This piece is also part of a larger multimedia collaboration with The Ithaca Voice and The Cornell Daily Sun. One of the first…
Read MoreThe Loneliness Radio Project, Ep. 1: Top student shares struggles with bipolar disorder, medical leave [AUDIO]
Welcome to the premiere episode of The Loneliness Project, an audio production of WRFI and the Ithaca College Park Scholars Program. From mental health to social media, reporters throughout the Ithaca community are analyzing the issue of loneliness through multiple lenses. This piece is also part of a larger multimedia collaboration with The Ithaca Voice and The…
Read MoreLetter from the Editors: Announcing ‘The Loneliness Radio Project’
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Loneliness Project: a multimedia collaboration between WRFI, The Ithaca Voice, The Cornell Daily Sun, and the Ithaca College Park Scholars Program. In a series of long-form online articles, audio pieces, videos, and infographics, we will take a careful look at loneliness and its impact on mental…
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