Coping with seasonal affective disorder, aka the “winter blues”

It’s the season for long, dark days. In Oregon, those days are longer and darker than many places in the United States. Today, Dec. 21, is the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Across Oregon, on average, we will enjoy just under nine hours of daylight today. That’s about seven hours less […]

To prevent youth suicide, connection is key

A conversation with Jill Baker, OHA Youth Suicide Prevention coordinator, on how to identify and help someone in crisis In 2021, the most recent year for which we have data, suicide was the second leading cause of death in Oregon among people under 25. Oregon began tracking youth suicide data in 1999, when youth suicide […]