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Category: Guest Essays

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Spare the child: Spanking harms both children and caregivers

by Courtney Wise March 27, 2023March 27, 2023 Why you can trust MindSite News

More Black millennial parents are rethinking corporal punishment. Research shows spanking is far from harmless. It increases aggression, rage and hostility in children and may contribute to violence in later life.

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Depression Too Often Gets Deemed ‘Hard to Treat’ When Medication Falls Short

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Good Grief: How to Mourn in a Healthy Way

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Trauma Expert Says Mental Health Scars from Latest Shooting Will Extend Beyond Those Directly Affected

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Can the Right Kind of Tech Help Address the Mental Health Crisis Among LGBTQ+ Youth?

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Designed to fail: Measurement of patient experience

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Abortion bans will bring psychological harms – here’s what research shows will happen in post-Roe America

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What’s behind the gender gap in the teen mental health crisis?

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Blaming Mass Shootings on “Mental Illness” Is Harmful and Misguided

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To Prevent Mass Shootings, Stop Hunting for Motive, Start Investigating Shooters’ History of Childhood Adversity

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The Mentor’s Mentor: A Life Tribute to Jeree Pawl

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What to Do When the World Is Ending

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Finally, an American President Gets Serious About Mental Health

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We Work with Public Defenders, and We Have a Message: The Government Must Stop Criminalizing Mental Illness 

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When Does Cedric Lofton Get a Chance to Stand His Ground?

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Bringing Sistas Together to Protect Our Mental Health and Save Black Lives

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If the Build Back Better Plan Dies, the Biggest Losers Will be Children

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Youth Mental Health: ‘A Moral Obligation to Act’

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Our National Mental Health Hotline – 988 – Is Set to Go Live Soon. We Aren’t Ready.

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