St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway has opened a state-of-the-art behavioral health wing in its emergency department.
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By Jeff Bessen
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6/17/21
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In the Five Towns Holocaust survivors, many of whom have been confined to their homes over the past year because of the coronavirus pandemic, could be enduring a toll on their mental health.
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By Jeff Bessen
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5/14/21
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The second of two stories examining student mental health.
When the 2019-20 school year ended last June amid a still-spreading coronavirus pandemic, school counselors were well aware that the previous four months had been unlike any that schoolchildren — or their parents — had ever experienced.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/24/21
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Welcome back, HAFTR High School! Hoping everyone had a relaxing and safe winter vacation. With snow days and quarantines behind us, we are already back in the swing of things.
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By Jordana Mastour
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2/18/21
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The first of two stories examining student mental health.
The nearly year-long coronavirus pandemic has affected every facet of everyday life — especially education, and one of the country’s most vulnerable populations, students.
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By Jeff Bessen
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2/17/21
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Fatigue from the nearly yearlong coronavirus pandemic and its associated isolation because of quarantining from what are considered the normal daily routines for going to work, attending school and sharing activities and events with others has led mental health experts to describe that feeling as hitting the “pandemic wall.”
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By Matthew Ferremi
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2/4/21
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With the coronavirus pandemic still coursing across the country and the vaccine rollout yet to hit its stride, leaders in the Five Towns public school districts agree with the New York State United Teachers union that this school year’s state standardized tests for grades three through eight should be canceled, and possibly the state Regents exams as well.
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By Jeff Bessen and Matthew Ferremi
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1/27/21
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With the pandemic in full effect and COVID-19 cases going up with the second wave, health experts said that mental health issues have become heightened for many throughout Long Island, including …
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By Nicole Alcindor
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1/22/21
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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 . . .
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1/7/21
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Mental health experts and organizations have had to adjust to the issues their patients face and the ways in which they treat them during the coronavirus pandemic.
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By Matthew Ferremi
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10/21/20
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