Investigations
‘Corporal Punishment is Violence’: Black Communities Vow to Ban School Paddling
Corporal punishment is disproportionately inflicted on Black children and is higher in areas with histories of lynching
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What’s Behind the Protests Against Schools Trying to Boost Kids’ Mental Health?
A close look at protests over mental health programs at school suggest that the powerful forces driving them are anything but grassroots.
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Librarians’ Mental Health Threatened By Book Bans, Abuse And Harassment
Some librarians used to make jokes about Fahrenheit 451 as they pushed back on threats of censorship. But now it hits too close to home.
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TikTok’s Narcissism Obsession, and What It Says About Us
Narcissism as a topic is breaking out on TikTok with billions of page views. The NarcTok community is teeming with therapists and “healers” of all kinds, along with self-identified survivors.
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More Latino Men Dying By Suicide Even as National Rate Declines
U.S. suicide rates fell slightly in 2019 and again in 2020, the CDC reported last month. But there were some stark outliers. Notably, suicides among Latino men increased by nearly 6 percent.
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Suicide by Gun Is Rising Among Youth, Especially Teens of Color
Firearm suicide rates rose steadily among young people in their teens and twenties over the last decade, with the sharpest increases among people of color.
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Schools Earn Poor Marks When It Comes to Kids’ Mental Health
A coalition of mental health advocacy organizations released a report card, rating each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C. on their school mental health policies. The group didn’t give out grades, but if they did, there wouldn’t be any As.
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A Timeline of Parity Laws and Enforcement
1961 – President John F. Kennedy directs the Civil Service Commission to implement mental health parity in plans covering federal employees. The plans were later permitted to scale back those benefits, and virtually all had done so by 1975. 1963 – Kennedy signs the Community Mental Health Act – not a…
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A Family’s Struggle to Care for Son’s Autism Reveals Gaps in Mental Health Parity Laws
Inferior insurance coverage for behavioral health has persisted for decades. The Kumar family learned about it the hard way when they tried to get their insurer to cover autism therapy for their son.
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