To get a good sense of how policy gets made these days in Washington, look no further than Saturday's signing event at the White House. The bottom line: Damn the clinical trials. Full speed ahead.
As Donald Trump posted unhinged rants – using words that are almost the definition of genocide – members of Congress, columnists and even Marjorie Taylor Greene called for using the 25th amendment to declare him mentally incompetent and remove him from power.
The No King's protest drew millions of people around the U.S. on Saturday. Demonstrators made clear in signs and interviews that they were there to improve their own mental health – and to express their outrage at Donald Trump's policies and mental status. This photo essay offers a glimpse.
MindSite News hosts the Young Women's Freedom Center and Congresswoman Lateefah Simon at the Commonwealth Club for a public conversation on healing, leadership and justice.
Youth with the deepest emotional needs are using chatbots for therapy the most – but many are unhappy with the outcome.
Two leading practitioners discuss how they do individual and group therapy that children want to take part in, using Minecraft, the most popular video game in the world. A MindSite News webinar.
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
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.
More than 400 Hollywood stars signed onto a letter put together by the ACLU that condemned Kimmel's suspension before it was lifted.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
At the five-year COVID anniversary, we look at the children left behind after their parents died from COVID.
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.
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.
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.
Mental health giving is rising slowly, but it's still a small percentage of overall giving.
Trump reacts to his conviction by resurrecting mental health stigma and bigotry and attacking asylum seekers and those with mental illness.
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