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A Canadian bereavement specialist is using the popular video game Minecraft in therapy sessions with kids — and she’s seeing promising results.

A summer camp that helps St. Louis area children with grief could turn dozens of kids away if they don’t get male volunteers

Camp Courage is for children trying to adjust to life after someone dies — and will have to turn away campers unless someone steps up

Darien Community Fund honors its volunteers, the Museum of Darien has a participatory fund-raiser and other events.

A classmate, teammate, friend and supporter is just a glimpse of what senior Alex Boze has been during her time at Missouri State University and on the field with the

A new book by a University of Washington professor on the death penalty finds support for executions may be motivated by peoples own fear of death. Philip Hansten, professor emeritus of pharmacology at the University of Washington and author of "Death Penalty Bulls---," argues against the practice. Hansten draws on work by Ernest Becker, an anthropologist who said reminding people of their own mortality made them cling tighter to their cultural views and even increases people...

Most South Dakotans live in federally designated mental-health professional shortage areas, and a new report recommended steps Congress and other decision-makers can take to help states close gaps within the behavioral health workforce, amid a growing demand for mental-health services and a shortage of licensed providers. Kendall Strong, senior policy analyst for the health project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, said one solution is to enhance the role of those with mental-health training who...

By the time they turn 18, one in 11 Missouri children will experience the death of a parent or a sibling. A Glendale-based organization that works with these kids and families says grieving children may need different kinds of support than adults.

One in 11 Missouri children, and one in 13 nationally, will lose a parent or sibling by age 18. Childhood grief that is not dealt with can have short and long-term negative effects, including school problems, mental health issues and even a shortened life span. Becky Byrne, founder and executive director of Annies Hope, The Center for Grieving Kids in Glendale, explained kids grieve differently than adults, so it is not always obvious when they are struggling. ...

A recently proposed plan has been devised to better fund Virginias mental-health programs. The new Right Help, Right Now plan calls for $230 million in funding for upgrades to the states mental-health system. Some elements of the plan include expanding mental-health programs in schools, growing tele-behavioral health operations in high schools and college campuses, and creating more than 30 mobile crisis centers. ...