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Donna Pisacano-Brown is a Point Lookout resident who has been a columnist featured in local newspapers since 1996. She is a passionate advocate for drunken driving awareness, and shining a light on mental health topics.

There was a time during my young adult life when the emotional pain I experienced was so deeply overwhelming, so deeply devastating that it left me contemplating the unimaginable, my own life. A … more

By Donna Pisacano-Brown | 10/27/23

Man up? Sure, let me ask for help.

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

Donna Dempsey with a portrait of her son, John Gleeson. Through acts of kindness around the world, Dempsey is working on keeping his memory alive.

Having lost a son, her focus is kindness

For 17 years, John Gleeson, of Island Park, played everything right. He was an honor student at Long Beach High School, a promising guitarist and a loving family member, as well as kind and talkative … more

By Karina Kovac | 4/23/23

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

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

Breaking the stigma of depression

I’ve been working in the field of children’s mental health for more than 45 years, most of them with the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center. In recent years, the trend has been that most of the children and teens we see are experiencing anxiety and depression. more

By Andrew Malekoff | 2/28/19

In times of trouble, FDR comes to me

I made a pilgrimage in August to a shining house on a hill surrounded by lush forests. Below was a valley where apple trees grew in neat rows. In the distance was a wide river. This place, this magical place, was an oasis of calm, a landscape perfectly suited for introspection. more

9/14/17

Paying too much attention to the first 100 days

For decades now, at the beginning of every presidency, the media and even the president himself have become obsessed with . . . more

5/4/17

Looking toward the future, we should learn from the past

Like all national elections, the 2016 campaign has highlighted the fact that there are a large number of Americans who are angry at their government and are desperately seeking an agent of change. Many of them . . . more

9/29/16

Will I have to hold my nose when I cast my ballot?

I don’t know how many national elections you’ve experienced, but for me these happenings date back to Franklin D. Roosevelt. While I was only a child, I learned quickly . . . more

8/17/16

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