Parents: don’t worry about being perfect
Plus, Detroit’s worried teens, LGBTQ+ youth support after 988, and (yes) embracing aging.
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Can San Francisco Make Good on its Promise to Redesign Its Mental Health System?
Advocates say Mayor Daniel Lurie's proposed 2-hour parking limit for RVs will hurt homeless people living in them, including those with mental health problems.
Childhood Treatment May Prevent Future Psychopathy
Therapy for children with callous and unemotional traits,can help prevent adult psychopathy, new research suggests. Plus, a landline revival?
Want your kid to get off their phone? Try summer camp
Screen-free time may be the best reason to send your teen to camp. Also, new research shows that Head Start may reduce gun violence in later life. Plus: Medicaid work requirements may hurt families.
Can Low-Carb Keto Diets Succeed in Treating Mental Illness?
Ketogenic diets offer hope to young people struggling with severe mental illness. ICE raids continue to terrify families, forcing teens to become breadwinners and work for the release of parents. And more.
Trump’s military assault on LA’s mental health
A report on the city's mental health after Trump sends in the National Guard and Marines to quell anti-ICE protests over the objections of Governor Gavin Newsom.
Parenting from Prison: Stories and Resources
One of the many difficult things about visiting parents in prison, children say, is that they can’t hug them, sit in their laps, or whisper ‘I love you’ in their ears. In today's kids, youth and family-focused MindSite News Daily, we share a roundup and resource list focused on parenting from prison.
Georgia Police Department Forges a Healthier Path for Officer Mental Health
On average, police officers are exposed to 188 traumatic events in their lifetime. The toll in terms of mental health and suicide is huge. A police department in Georgia has launched an innovative effort to support police mental health.
Trump Cuts Federal Funds for PBS, but Elmo and Friends Aren’t Worried
Despite significant federal budget cuts impacting PBS, Sesame Street has found a new friend in Netflix. Plus, how Project 2025's impact on federal workers' mental health is escalating, alongside concerns for teens facing deportation.
Furor Erupts Over Book on Biden’s Mental Decline, Raising Similar Questions About Trump
The new book about Biden’s mental acuity in office raises another question: What about Trump’s mental decline?
Students’ Mental Health Suffers As Trump Attacks Universities
In today’s Daily: updates on the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education. Plus, why gambling addiction is growing on college campuses.
A New Pope Stands Up for the Humanity of Migrants
Donald Trump continues decimating mental health services. In Rome, Pope Leo XIV affirmed the humanity of migrants and the poor.
More Parents Give Up Custody So Their Kids Can Receive Mental Health Care
In today’s Daily, unable to secure mental health care for their children, some parents are relinquishing custody to the state. Separately, Indigenous communities are preserving culture and promoting better mental health by passing tribal languages to young people.
The Town Where ER Nurses Sleep in Their Cars
In today’s Daily, unhoused residents of wealthy resort towns battle stigma for the right to sleep safely in their cars and continuous air strikes put national mental health under siege in Ukraine.
What Foster Youth Really Need from Healers
In today’s Daily, a MindSite News Original hears from psychologists and former foster youth about alternatives to psychiatric medication for troubled foster children and teens.
Hungry Families in Deep South Find Food Bank Boxes Reduced by USAID Cutbacks
Families in Tennessee are distressed and hungry as USAID cutbacks reduce allotments to food banks. A California police force stops attending many mental health calls. And more.
Psychiatrist Calls Trump’s Mental Unfitness a ‘Public Health Emergency’
An exclusive interview with Bandy X. Lee, a prominent psychiatrist who risked her career to warn the public of Trump’s mental unfitness for office.
Immigrant Youth Need Mental Health Support as Raids Continue
Children who are afraid may act out, shut down or skip school for fear of being deported.
Caregiving Expands Who You Are
Caregiving expands who you are, even if it is often lonely and exhausting.
Keeping Cell Phones Out of Class Boosts Student Engagement
In Spokane, WA, schools, keeping cell phones in a bag has seen absenteeism drop by 13 percent.
Less Trauma Means Less Crime
Reducing trauma could also shrink the sky-high rates of incarceration in the United States, experts say.
