With SNAP Benefits Delayed, Fountain House Clubhouses Scramble to Feed Hungry Members
From New York City to Salt Lake City, Fountain House and affiliated clubhouses have created plans to feed members impacted by cutoff of SNAP funds
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What Comes Next for the Children of Gaza and Israel?
A look at the Gaza ceasefire, the difficult road to rebuilding and addressing mental health needs there, plus tips for couples on de-escalating arguments, and the changing trend of veteran suicide in the US.
Jimmy Kimmel Returned Tonight as ABC, Under Pressure, Lifts Comedian’s Suspension
More than 400 Hollywood stars signed onto a letter put together by the ACLU that condemned Kimmel's suspension before it was lifted.
This ER Doc Has Been Surveying Public Attitudes on Authoritarianism. The Numbers Are Chilling
Research suggests a two-way dynamic: In the era of Donald Trump, anxiety, fear and uncertainty are leading to acceptance of authoritarianism and violence. This, in turn, provokes more anxiety and fear – and for some people, withdrawal.
Trump Budget Abandons Historic Effort to Address Mental Health Crisis
The budget bill that passed Congress last week, coming on top of previous actions by the Trump administration, signals that the days of a federal commitment to addressing the U.S. mental health crisis are essentially over.
Vietnam Vets and Refugees Remember the War That Changed Their Lives
From the 1985 edition of the Tenderloin Times, a four-language newspaper with reporters from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, a look back at the first 10 years following the end of the Vietnam War.
War Not Over For Vietnam Veterans: A View from 40 Years Ago
Forty years ago, The Tenderloin Times, a community newspaper in San Francisco, marked the 10th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War with a package of stories. The Tenderloin then, as now, was home to thousands of refugees from Southeast Asia, along with American military veterans who had fought in that war. This story looks at the experience of those veterans.
SAMHSA Firings Continue, Devastating U.S. Mental Health Agency
Employees of SAMHSA, the federal agency responsible for leading the nation’s response to the mental health and drug overdose crises, were among those terminated this morning in the latest round of mass firings implemented by the Trump administration.
Inside America’s Mental Health Agency: Mass Firings and Work Stoppages Sap Morale, Impede Mission
The agency tasked with leading the fight to ease the country’s mental health and addiction emergencies is going through an existential crisis. About 100 of its 900 workers have been fired and those that remain are frightened and demoralized. Communications with agencies funded by SAMHSA has slowed or halted. "Nobody feels safe," one employee said.
Five Years On, a Look at the Children Who Lost Parents to COVID
At the five-year COVID anniversary, we look at the children left behind after their parents died from COVID.
‘You’re going to see more people on the street’: Report finds Trump actions could devastate California
As California grapples with mental illness, addiction and homelessness, the Steinberg Institute issued a dire warning: Massive cuts from the Trump administration and Congress threaten to dismantle efforts to help the state’s most vulnerable.
Photoshopped Images, Scientific Fraud Derail Quest for Alzheimer’s Treatments
A reporter uncovers evidence that research fraud on a massive scale has hyped the potential benefit of expensive drugs aimed at slowing or reversing the mental decline of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
Trump’s Campaign to Demonize Immigrants and People with Mental Health Challenges
Eight years after Donald Trump's election sparked a mental health crisis among immigrant communities targeted for deportation and violence, those fears are building all over again. So are efforts to provide support.
New Report: Mental Health Philanthropy Inches Up, but Still Lags Far Behind the Need
Mental health giving is rising slowly, but it's still a small percentage of overall giving.
A Convicted Ex-President Goes Full Stigma
Trump reacts to his conviction by resurrecting mental health stigma and bigotry and attacking asylum seekers and those with mental illness.
MindSite News Reporters Win Two Awards
MindSite News, the nation's only national news outlet reporting exclusively on mental health, is pleased to announce that two MindSite News reporters have won awards for excellence in journalism.
Their Campus, Their Crisis: The Take from Columbia Student Journalists
New York magazine's cover story this week, put together by student journalists at the Columbia Daily Spectator, documents their work covering campus protests – and the stress and fear they and all students have been dealing with.
A Student Journalist on How Her Team Coped with the Stress of Covering a Campus Under Siege
Isabella Ramírez, editor of the Columbia Daily Spectator, describes the stress experienced by her team of student journalists as they covered occupations and police actions – and coped with accusations of being anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim over the past eight months.
A Lesson For Psychiatry’s Future From Its Past
A psychiatry resident takes a look at the imperfect history of his program and becomes a more empathic doctor. Plus: More evidence that shift work is bad for your mental and physical health.
‘Cheerful Weirdos’ Who Can Move Mountains With Their Joy
A joy-on-the-margins writer with autism has something he wants you to hear. In other news: Philadelphia's jail remains awful. And a mother in New Mexico reckons with the loss of her daughter – and mourns the health system's failings.
Our “Little Brains” Do Big Work
Neuroscientists are learning more about the big jobs of our “little brain.” Volunteers uncover the fate of “The Lost Alaskans” – 5,500 people sent to Oregon to be institutionalized during the first half of the 20th Century.
Libraries Are Lifelines for Texans’ Mental Health
Texas libraries help connect their patrons to mental health support. Clinicians put AI to work in residential treatment facilities. And despite pushback from police organizations, medical associations and lawmakers are moving to eliminate “excited delirium” as a diagnosis.
Is Ibogaine an Answer to Trauma?
Ibogaine helped traumatized Navy SEALs in a study and advocates want to step up the research – but others question its safety. And peer support specialists are trying to fill the mental health services gap.
