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Dr. Karrie Curry [Photos: University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth]
UNTHSC awarded $500K To Study Social Media’s Impact on Young People
by Lance Murray | Oct 31, 2024
“Social media has become an inseparable part of adolescence, and while it can offer positive connections, there’s also increasing evidence that it negatively affects mental health and encourages substance use,” said UNTHSC's Dr. Karrie Curry, who's leading the study.
by Lance Murray |
Jun 24, 2024
Dallas County Judge Robert W. Francis says that jails and prisons have "effectively become America's largest mental health providers." UNT Dallas' new online master's degree in Criminal Justice takes a forward-thinking approach to education in the field.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 14, 2024
HCA, a new boutique investment bank specializing in behavioral and mental health, said the addition of Melissa Bunch supports its growth strategy as it continues to increase its leadership and win new buy-side and sell-side assignments.
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by Lance Murray |
May 6, 2024
During Mental Health Awareness Month in May, the Bhatia Foundation is partnering with Communities Foundation of Texas to match donations, dollar for dollar, to local organizations supporting mental health.
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Stewart Sweda, CEO of DialCare and its parent company, Careington International Corporation. [Photo: Careington]
Frisco’s DialCare Selected as Student Mental Health Vendor for Texas Stronger Connections Grant
by Lance Murray | Apr 22, 2024
Under the Texas Stronger Connections Grant program, the Texas Education Agency received more than $93 million in federal funding to support the ongoing needs of Texas students, educators, families, and communities.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 22, 2024
Carson Leslie Foundation, Grant Halliburton Team Up to Support Kids With Cancer—And Deliver Smiles
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 18, 2023
Google announced that six Ellis County organizations collectively will receive more than $180,000 from the company to support the physical and mental well-being of the county’s residents....
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 16, 2023
From noon to 8 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 18, Dallas' Deep Ellum is continuing its 150th birthday celebration with the Deep Ellum Music Festival. Free and open to the public, the festival will benefit Foundation 45, a local mental health nonprofit born in Deep Ellum and serving musicians, artists, and the entire community with free group therapy.
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Athlete founders Travis Frederick, Jason Fox, Brendan Sullivan, and Adam Redmond. [Courtesy photos]
Competitive Edge: 4 Former Athletes Bringing Their A-Games to Startups
by Glenn Hunter | Sep 28, 2023
A former Yale track captain and three NFL vets—including two Dallas Cowboys—talk frankly about their entrepreneurial journeys from playing field to founder.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 15, 2023
Frisco-based Magellan Health Inc. appointed Arthur Hennig as senior vice president, chief business officer, payer markets, and Sara Pierce as senior vice president, chief business officer, employer market....
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by Lance Murray |
Aug 7, 2023
The Dallas-based healthcare PE firm enhanced its mental health footprint by integrating Dallas Counseling into its Deep Eddy platform. It's set to become one of the largest outpatient mental health platforms in Texas with in-person and telehealth services.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 5, 2023
In support of student mental health, Google—which operates a data center in Midlothian—awarded $105,000 to the district's Mentor’s Care program and $36,000 to help Midlothian ISD students and families navigate the mental health system via the Care Solace program.
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Fort Worth’s M2G Ventures Raises Over $700,000 for Depression Research
by Lance Murray | Dec 7, 2022
Dr. Madhukar Trivedi is founding director of UT Southwestern Medical Center's Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care.
The real estate firm said it reached 70% of its $1 million goal in its third year of fundraising. The real estate and development firm raised more than $260,000 at its third annual fundraising gala, Art of the Mind, benefitting UT Southwestern Medical Center's Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Oct 31, 2022
Dunnu Devulapally has faced his own struggles with identity issues as a first-generation American as well as with substance abuse. Now he aims to help people facing these and other mental health-related issues by launching NRVE, a Dallas-based research nonprofit. Targeting younger generations, NRVE will focus on awareness in youth, support for veterans, support for homeless people, and research for substance abuse, domestic violence, and suicide prevention.
With the information it collects, NRVE plans to become the “Google” for the mental health space, Devulapally told Dallas Innovates.
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by Kevin Cummings |
May 31, 2022
Many who are diagnosed with a mental health condition had no idea the symptoms they suffered were related to mental health. McKinney-based Connected Mind aims to change that with technology that screens people for the most common types of mental health conditions.
“It's like being interviewed by a psychologist, but it's a computer,” says CEO and CTO Christian Lehinger.
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by Michaela Markels |
May 13, 2021
People in the U.S. are more stressed than ever, grappling with the effects and uncertainties of the pandemic, according to AHA CEO Nancy Brown, who says that "women of color suffer disproportionately from adverse life experiences like discrimination and racism that can lead to anxiety and toxic levels of chronic stress.”
The AHA gathered Black professionals and medical experts for a candid conversation on mental health. Here are tips for coping.
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