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Artie Crocker spearheading Notes for Hope

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Needham resident Artie Crocker will forever recall the moment he learned that his daughter, Christine, had died by suicide. He will never forget the horror that seized his body, wrenching him from a peaceful Cape Cod day in March of 2015. Christine was 27 1/2 years old; a thoughtful and funny young woman who...
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Doctors Lacasse, Prabhu present on depression

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On Thursday night inside the Wellesley Library, Dr. Justin Lacasse and Dr. Marini Prabhu spoke to a crowd of both laymen and medical professionals about dealing with a variety of mental health issues and navigating the tricky system to get help. Lacasse presented “An Overview of Adult Depression and Anxiety: And Navigating the System...
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Resilience for Wellesley

By Rama K. Ramaswamy The Resilience Project is an innovative initiative designed to promote the mental health and well-being of adolescents through school-community based support for students, parents, educators, counselors and communities. Wellesley Education Foundation (WEF) and Wellesley High School PTSO, in partnership with Newton-Wellesley Hospital, have been working to put this collaboration into place. It...
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