News & Media
Spotlight: Middle-age Depression. A Q&A with Jewish Family Services
Given the recent and tragic deaths of Anthony Bourdain , 61, and Kate Spade, 55, we reached out to Donna Possenti, VP of Clinical and Behavioral Operation for Jewish Family Service of Buffalo and Erie County, a founding member of the Erie County Anti-Stigma Coalition,...
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Not just the baby blues? Postpartum Depression
A study out of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts suggests that having a baby in the summer could be linked to higher rates of postpartum depression. Of the hundreds of thousands of women who suffer from a postpartum mood disorder, only 15 percent of them...
read moreA letter from a community leader, Rev. Kinzer Pointer
Here we are, citizens of the United States of America and it is July of 2018. Our national conversation around mental illness is full of stigma and innuendo, we only discuss behavioral health each time there is a mass shooting. As a nation we would have you believe...
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Minority Mental Health Month
In recent years there’s been more focus than ever before on mental health and the way mental health illnesses can affect our everyday lifestyles. One of the many remaining questions about mental health is this: do mental health issues affect everyone equally? Or do...
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Staying Mentally Healthy Over the Summer
For children, teens, and college students, summertime is associated with freedom from school and positive emotions. However, summer can also be a time where certain mental health issues need to be tended to even more than usual. Out of school time is also a large...
read moreMental Health Awareness Month
One of the best ways to reduce the stigma is to learn more about mental illness and celebrate how that awareness can change lives. Separating the truth from the misconceptions can help increase awareness, understanding and acceptance for those living with mental...
read moreStaying Healthy Over Spring Break
No matter how old we are, we all probably hear the term “spring break” and images of laid-back living in tropical locales pop in our heads. Summer vacations may conjure up family road trips and siblings crammed into the family car. Summer trips also...
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Jan 2, 2018
Lets Talk Stigma Campaign
Lanora Ziobrowski, WKBW
Dec 8, 2017
Mental health challenges are misunderstood in WNY
Scott Scanlon, The Buffalo News
Dec 3, 2017
Anxiety Counseling Program for Local Students
Ron Plants, WGRZ
Nov 7, 2017
Another Voice: Changing the way we talk about mental illness
Michael Cummings and Max Donatelli, The Buffalo News
Nov 2, 2017
Billboard Campaign part of Larger County Effort to end Stigma of Mental Illness
Mark Goshgarian, Spectrum News Buffalo
Oct 22, 2017
Erie County Anti-Stigma Coalition
WGRZ
Oct 18, 2017
Depression: There’s Help and Hope
WGRZ
Oct 10, 2017
Malarchuk Talks Mental Health Awareness
WGRZ
Aug 7, 2017
Let’s Talk Stigma: A Story of Recovery
Danny Spewak, WGRZ
Aug 7, 2017
College and mental health
WGRZ
June 16, 2017
Letter: It’s important to remove stigma of mental illness
Max Donatelli, The Buffalo News
June 9, 2017
Superhero Race, Wellness Walk held in Buffalo
WGRZ
May 30, 2017
How do you change perception and stigma around mental health? Educate the public
Avery Schneider, WBFO
Jan 26, 2016
County encouraging conversations to end the stigma
Ali Ingersoll, WIVB