After months of research, planning and community outreach, Northwell Health and Northern Westchester Hospital have announced plans to...

Dr. Richard Catanzaro, head of psychiatry at Northern Westchester Hospital. NORTHWELL HEALTH PHOTO. A hospital doctor’s view from the...

This article is part of an ongoing series in The Recorder focusing on the child and adolescent mental health crisis. This in-depth series...

About two years ago, Jen Lamia, superintendent of the Byram Hills Central School District, accompanied a parent and their child...

Betsy Sharma. MELISSA WHITWORTH PHOTO Editor’s note: This article is the fourth installment in a continuing series exploring different...

The toxic mix of social media and isolation — and how it’s threatening the mental health of teens and young adults *** This first-person...

This article is part of The Recorder’s ongoing series examining the child and adolescent mental health crisis through the perspectives of...

By NEAL RENTZ The Lewisboro Town Board was told by the head of Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco on March 10 that the facility will open a center to provide mental health assistance for youths. The hospital is also seeking to become a trauma center. Supervisor Tony Gonçalves noted at this week’s meeting that as a member of the President’s Council he has met occasionally with Northern Westchester Hospital President and CEO Derek Anderson. “It’s amazing some of the initiatives and...

By MELISSA WHITWORTH – This article is part of The Recorder’s ongoing series examining the child and adolescent mental health crisis...

By SLOAN WASSERMAN Being a teenager today is stressful. We are constantly bombarded by unrealistic expectations. We feel pressured to pour everything into our academics to get great grades and make our transcripts look the best they can be. We must differentiate ourselves from other students, but we must also be sociable and have friends. We must be relatable and funny, or you are weird. On top of that we must fit the beauty and fitness standards that we see throughout social media. At times,...

By MATTHEW GELLER We’re told that being a teenager is the best time of our lives, but is that really true? The truth is that being a teenager in the 21st century is incredibly different from past generations. When I hear my parents speak about their childhood, I hear about riding bikes until the streetlights came on, spending hours immersed in the moment without the distractions of technology, and a school experience that felt challenging but not overwhelming. Today, the pressures we face...

By MELISSA WHITWORTH — One of the most robust, comprehensive youth mental health programs in our community has been running at the Boys & Girls Club of Northern...

By MELISSA WHITWORTH — In a milestone for the community, the first standalone outpatient mental health clinic for children and adolescents has opened. Northwell Behavioral Health at Mount Kisco operates in two parts...