Essays & Interviews
Philly’s Cherelle Parker, The Very Disrespectful Emails (and Me)
Our reporter in Philadelphia pursued an interview with leading mayoral candidate Cherelle Parker to find out how she planned to address the mental health needs of people impacted by gun violence. She got stonewalled – as the campaign’s internal emails admitted.
Keep reading
The federal government has been greatly underestimating the number of people with schizophrenia, our most serious mental illness. That’s a big deal
Every health policy decision depends on having an accurate estimate of how many people are living with a particular disorder. Yet for years the federal government has been erroneously measuring the number of people living with the most disabling mental illness – schizophrenia.
Keep reading
For Transgender Youth, Conversion Therapy Brings Greater Suicide Risk Than Hormone Treatment, Researchers Say
A research team finds that supportive family environments and hormone replacement therapy that affirm a transgender child’s gender identity decrease their risk of suicide or running away from home. Unsupportive family environments and conversion therapy that denies their gender identity increase these risks.
Keep reading