Earlier this year, Cris Gomar, the founder of the Vaso Lleno social outreach initiative, created a forum for survivors of sexual abuse to share their stories. Gomar was…
Everything was perfect. Cris Gomar had a good job and was living with friends in Colorado. She was snowboarding and having fun. Then, one day, when she…
A new study provides some of the strongest evidence yet that using an antidepressant like Prozac, Paxil or Zoloft during the final two trimesters of pregnancy may…
Costa Rica’s Social Security System last week launched a media campaign to promote awareness of mental health issues in response to what it deems a high cost of providing treatment, as…
Legislators from three parties on Thursday submitted a draft aimed to prevent, respond to and eventually eradicate bullying in Costa Rican schools. Bill No. 19,399 was drafted by Humberto Vargas,…
An average of 315 Costa Ricans take their own lives every year, according to the latest report by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on suicides in the region.…
Costa Rica might be the “happiest” country on Earth but it knows very little about the actual mental health of its citizens. That’s according to a new…
