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Rochester pledges to release more footage of incident with girl Tim Craig and Kimberly Kindy, The Washington Post Feb. 2, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Officials in Rochester, N.Y., said Tuesday that they expect to release additional police body camera footage involving the officers who handcuffed and pepper-sprayed a 9-year-old girl, a case that is sparking outrage over how law enforcement agencies respond to people who might be having an emotional or mental health episode. Two videos of the inci...

SALT LAKE CITY – When she was growing up, Sophie Corroon struggled to get through a ballet class or soccer tryout without having an anxiety atta ...

When she was growing up, Sophie Corroon struggled to get through a ballet class or soccer tryout without having an anxiety attack. The idea of going to sleepovers or being home alone left her feeling panicked. Corroon’s anxiety grew even more during high school in Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah when the pressures of getting into college left her in tears at school or toiling for hours on assignments. Corroon, now 20, has struggled with her mental health since fourth grade, and she’...

More states may allow mental health days as excused absences for students Updated Jan 30, 2021; Posted Jan 30, 2021 Sophie Corroon, a sophomore at the University of Washington, poses for a photo on the schools campus Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, in Seattle. Corroon helped work on proposed legislation in her home state of Utah to allow students to take mental health days to lessen stigma and help reduce youth suicide. Lawmakers in Utah and Arizona have proposed bills that would add "mental or behavi...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — When she was growing up, Sophie Corroon struggled to get through a ballet class or soccer tryout without having an anxiety attack. The idea of going to sleepovers or being home alone left her feeling panicked. Corroon’s anxiety grew even more during high school in Salt Lake City, when the pressures of getting into college left her in tears at school or toiling for hours on assignments. Corroon, now 20, has struggled with her mental health since fourth grade, and she�...

To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. This is the first sentence I’ve written this week. I wrote it on a Thursday. Like many people right now, I’m finding work harder to get done, and even basic daily tasks feel heavier than usual. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone. The pandemic has taken a toll on everyone’s mental health, and there’s data to prove it. While there’s been ample discussion of the economic fallout from a global p...