More physicians are doing“social prescribing” to help their patients reap the physical and mental health gains from art and nature therapy, movement, volunteering and community ties.
What role should medications play in the treatment of psychosis and other types of severe mental illness?
Gabor Maté’s book explores childhood trauma’s devastating impact on people and our society – and what we can do to reverse the damage.
Californians once again have named mental health as a top priority for the state’s political leaders to address – and they are deeply concerned about other people’s mental health, as well as their own. Many said they had trouble finding a provider who took their insurance or waited too long for an appointment.
The fledgling 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline – which has struggled to get sustainable funding from states – got a lifeline of its own last week when the Department of Health and Human Services announced awards of more than $130 million to 51 states and territories to support and expand the national network of 988 call centers.
A close look at protests over mental health programs at school suggest that the powerful forces driving them are anything but grassroots.
In Nobody's Normal, anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker makes a compelling argument to embrace neurodiversity while tracing the stigma of mental illness back to the Industrial Revolution.
Teletherapy not only increases access and affordability to therapeutic insights, the author argues, it generates a sense of safety for those who prefer anonymity.
When should sorrow be considered sickness? Historian Jonathan Sadowsky ponders this question as he explores the history of depression treatments.
Join us Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 10:00 am PT for our next free webinar.
Some therapists who had trouble connecting with youth turned to another source of connection: Minecraft therapy, which follows the approach of play therapy. In this webinar, we’ll talk with two leading experts in the promising genre.
How Minecraft Therapy Is Transforming Child and Teen Mental Health Care
