As a mental health crisis overwhelms college students and counseling departments, universities are creating programs that prescribe nature, arts and belonging.
A UK-born healthcare movement that “prescribes” community activity to struggling young people is spreading to Canada, Australia, and the US.
After the federal firings, Black women felt betrayed and disillusioned. One longtime federal worker learned from experience the importance of community — that people who have experienced collective trauma need collective resilience.
Black women working for the federal government did what they were supposed to do. They got their degrees. They excelled at their jobs. They received awards for excellent performance. Yet their achievements could not protect them from the political winds.
The rule changes would eliminate the requirement that all Head Start programs use mental health consultants, prohibit expulsions, and other rules designed to promote a safe, nurturing environment.
When Trump cut DEI programs and enabled DOGE to gut the federal workforce, hundreds of thousands of Black women lost their jobs. The cuts dismantled a job pipeline for Washington DC’s Black community and gutted the well-being of the women who hold up that community.
Five years ago yesterday, as the U.S. was trying to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, MindSite News was launched as the nation's only news outlet exclusively reporting on mental health.
Millions of teens experience depression or anxiety each year, but they say the hardest part is telling their parents.
"Our students need to know that we're here to fight for them," says LA Assistant Principal Lorena Reynoso.
A Queens family called 911 for an ambulance during a mental health emergency. They got handcuffs, an arrest and a taste of what’s still broken in NYC’s crisis-response system.
Up to 100,000 Ukrainians have sustained amputations since the Russian invasion in 2022.
