WJCS News

Teens are taking an active role in trying to understand and identify mental health problems—within themselves and in others.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. At WJCS , we provided 70,000 mental health services to 3,900 individuals in 2018.

There is increased recognition in the professional mental health community that many individuals who suffer from substance use disorders also suffer from mental health problems.

For Mental Health Awareness Month, Michael Orth, Commissioner of Westchester County, Department of Community Mental Health,

As the largest provider of licensed outpatient mental health services in Westchester County and a pioneer and leader in treating trauma since 1982,

WJCS offers Mental Health First Aid Trainings throughout Westchester County in order to help adults recognize the warning signs of mental health problems and/or a mental health crisis in youth or other adults.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. With rates of depression, anxiety, suicide, co-occurring disorders, and other mental health problems being devastatingly high, it has never been more important to draw attention to and break the stigma surrounding mental health.

May 2^nd is Holocaust Remembrance Day, also known as Yom HaShoah. This week many people throughout Westchester, the United States, and the rest of the world are commemorating the genocide that took place during World War II in which six million European Jews