LA fires: The psychic toll that will linger long after the flames
The fires sweeping through Los Angeles pose major mental health risks.
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Bipartisan Report Urges Trump, Congress Act on Youth Mental Health
A new report offers extensive policy recommendations to better meet young people’s mental health needs. Mental health diagnoses in the military spiked. And more.
Farewell to Jimmy Carter, Beloved Champion for Peace & Mental Health
Carter, a peanut farmer from Georgia and our 39th president, was a lifetime peace and human rights activist.
Looking Back at the TikTok Mental Health Tsunami in 2024 (and More)
Among our stories I'm looking back on are the TikTok tsunami on dissociative identity disorder, mother-baby units for post-partum psychosis, and more.
New Youth Mental Health Report Dives Deep Into Data
A new interactive “tracker” of youth mental health data provides detailed information on how kids feel. And how might RFK Jr's experience with addiction impact his policies if he's confirmed to health post.
The Massive Mental Health Harms of Leaded Gas
Lead in gasoline is linked to more than 150 million cases of mental health conditions that would otherwise not have occurred.
FDA Clears Pot Trial for Treating PTSD
The FDA cleared a study to test marijuana in veterans with PTSD. And TikTok is taking steps to protect teenagers, at least in Europe.
The 2024 Presidential Election is Bad for Our Mental Health
Pretty much everyone is anxious about November 5, with 72% of Americans worried that the election results could lead to violence.
Why Employee Wellness Programs Don’t Work
The programs focus on individual interventions rather than workload and workplace stress.
Britain’s Trailblazing Treatment for Postpartum Psychosis
In mother and baby units, women with postpartum mental illness receive treatment while caring for their newborns.
A Young Doctor’s Suicide Offers a Mental Health Warning
A young doctor's suicide note says a lot about medical training. What you don’t know about marijuana could kill you. And a haunting poem offers a seed of hope for peace.
Will a New Schizophrenia Drug Improve Peoples’ Lives?
The FDA approved a new drug for schizophrenia that works differently than existing medications. Discrimination is stressing Chinese Americans and damaging their mental health.
An In-Depth Look at New Mental Health Parity Rules
Today’s Daily is devoted entirely to a new set of final federal regulations released last week by the Biden administration that are aimed at forcing health insurers to equitably cover mental health services.
Questions the Presidential Candidates Should Answer
A mental health advocate proposes questions for the presidential debate. And government forecasters expect more mental health jobs – lots more – to be created over the next decade.
Gus Walz’s Tears of Love Create a Touching Neurodiversity Lesson
This is what neurodiversity looks like: A son's display of emotion creates a teachable moment, and mockery expressed against him unleashes a tsunami of love and praise.
Does Measuring Happiness Make Anyone Happy?
The attempt to endlessly measure and quantify our levels of happiness may be making us miserable.
The FDA Rejects a Psychedelic Therapy. Now What?
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday declined the first-ever application to market a psychedelic drug as a mental health therapy.
FDA Nears Decision on First Psychedelic Application
The FDA will soon announce a decision on the first application for psychedelic-assisted therapy. It could have far-reaching implications.
Mental Health Crisis in Israel Worsens
Mental trauma is surging among Israeli soldiers and throughout the population. And the US Olympic team in Paris has ready access to mental health support.
Stressed About Politics? Experts Offer Coping Strategies
Even before the rattling events of the past week, Americans were feeling especially anxious about the coming election. Plus, girls with eating disorders are flocking to energy drinks – a bad combination.
A Nation Inflamed – and in Distress
For a news site that reports on mental health, it is sometimes challenging to decide what, exactly, is a mental health story – since almost everything impacts our mental health. Extremism, violence, racism, misogyny, the demonization of others – these currents have rarely been stronger, and infect nearly every aspect of our lives and political discourse. Two days after an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, those feelings are more unmistakable than ever.
From Africa, a Push to Boost Mental Health and Friendship Benches Go Global
A brother’s death in Congo spurs a plan to improve mental health in Africa. And empathic grandmothers on benches have pioneered a form of peer therapy that is spreading across the globe.
MIA at the debate: Discussion on mental health
Two of the most serious challenges facing America – mental health and the treatment of addiction – went MIA, or perhaps AMA (against medical advice) in last week’s presidential debate.
NYC Parents Say Social Media Is Harming Their Teens
Surveys of parents and teens in New York City provide support for the surgeon general’s call to place warning labels on social media platforms. One NYC answer: online therapy.
