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New research suggests that gender inequality harms women’s brains. Post-traumatic growth may be overhyped. And the limits of talk therapy are up for debate.
The federal government extended telehealth prescribing. Why centenarians almost never develop Alzheimer’s. Officials in Minnesota crack down on health insurers that violate parity laws. And a small California city launches a crisis response team.
When the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency comes to an end May 11, people will be able to continue getting prescriptions for drugs that treat ADHD, opioid use disorder and other conditions from medical providers via telehealth for as many as 18 more months.
The Surgeon General says loneliness poses risks similar to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. A debate over self-diagnosing mental illness. And former violent extremists are helping others extricate themselves from hate groups.
A photo essay shows us the last days of a homeless encampment in Oakland. Psychiatrist Judith Herman returns to the fray after 30 years. And Minnesota works to boost diversity among mental health professionals.
An in-depth look at three consecutive days in San Diego's mental health crisis.
Four members of Congress came forward to publicly share their mental health struggles. Therapy dogs are joining the Orange County fire department. And growing numbers of college students are feeling so stressed, they’re considering dropping out or taking a break.
Latinx kids in Chicago had an especially hard time during the pandemic. What's the difference between being empathetic and being an empath? And youth in the UK lament the climate crisis.
U.S. and European suicide rates are moving in opposite directions. A trans lawmaker in Minnesota seeks to make her state a safe place. A skeptical writer finds transformation and solace at a mystical center in the desert. And a practical kind of therapy may help people with depression function better.
A psych hospital in Kyiv offers a look at the psychological casualties of war. Nursing home residents in rural Iowa benefit from telehealth treatment. Plus, some “mental health spring cleaning tips” and the latest research on meditation.
States continue to incarcerate people for being mentally ill. Experts say we might be losing our pandemic memories. And a Detroit artist who overcame homelessness and a mental illness to teach in one of the city’s most celebrated institutions.
Jamaica has pioneered non-institutional mental health care. A Georgia city sanctions a tent city. And a street medicine team delivers mental health with loving care.
Seattle's mental health beds have been vanishing. Workers fret about disclosing mental illness to their bosses. And cli-fi writers search for a hopeful future.
As a Detroiter with several loved ones at Michigan State, this latest mass shooting grazed close to home. In today’s roundup: microdosing for moms, bringing mental health to family medicine, and alarming new data on youth despair and how schools can help. Plus, a Black woman scientist talks about the pressure of making history.
Data brokers are capitalizing on personal data from users of mental health apps. Prosecutors go after women who have used drugs and experienced miscarriages. Plus, a look at curanderos (traditional healers) and David Brooks shares his grief at the suicide of a dear friend.
Why is touch so important to our emotional wellbeing? A startup that uses peer specialists to help seriously mentally ill people gets serious funding. And remembering a psychologist and activist who helped destigmatize homesexuality.
For the second year in a row, mental health played a leading role in a State of the Union message delivered by President Joe Biden.
"We, America's law-enforcement leaders, have to change," retired King County Sheriff Sue Rahr writes. Plus: Showers and creativity. Are you perfectionist? Have you ever been perfectionist? And gun clubs take aim at suicide prevention.
As the nation reels again from mass shootings and gun violence – and really, when have we stopped reeling in recent years? – four graphics can tell us almost everything we need to know about the true nature of gun violence in America.
The importance of culturally responsive therapists. The uneven push to provide mental health care for NFL players. And my thoughts on how gun violence keeps being blamed on the mentally ill, instead of politicians.
A Chicago cafe uses coffee sales to fund free therapy for those who need it. Denver pair social workers with park rangers to address needs of the unhoused. Why grouchiness and illness go together. And tips on getting over “productivity guilt.”
2022, the Year of the Tiger, was the year mental health was fully embraced as a national issue – and seen, finally, as a major human crisis that had long been ignored. It was a year of unprecedented attention on mental health from the media, and unprecedented funding from politicians.
2022 was the year mental health was fully embraced as a national issue – and seen, finally, as a major human crisis that had long been ignored. It was a year of unprecedented attention and funding. And, for many, it was a year of fear and anxiety.
A push to address mental health needs in Dearborn, Michigan, home to the largest Muslim community in the US. Also: tips on making New Year's resolutions relevant, addressing trouble on Love Island, and a peer-to-peer solution for veterans.
