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Measuring Mental Health on Earth and Mars
A survey of global mental health finds that people everywhere are still stuck at pandemic-level lows – and young people are faring worst. And a look at the “psychological torment” that would accompany any mission to Mars.
An Initiative Promised 20,000 Homes for Mentally Ill Californians. It Delivered Far Less
Proposition 1, a March ballot measure in California, promises to build 4,350 supportive housing units for homeless people with chronic mental illness. Can it succeed where previous measures fell short?
A Former Hotline Counselor ‘Hands the Mic’ to Call-takers to Amplify Their Voices
The author of a survey of crisis hotline counselors talks about his experiences and why he wanted to tap into the wisdom of the people who answer calls to 988.
An Epidemic has Become a Crisis
What’s worse than fentanyl? Fentanyl + meth + THC + xylazine. The physician leading the team assisting newly released Israeli hostages talks about their needs.
A City Fails Its People
A New York Times investigation uncovered a poorly managed system of care for the city’s most severely mentally ill that put lives at risk.
Cards to Cue Your ‘Well Self’ to Leave Breadcrumbs for your ‘Unwell Self’ – and Remind it to Remember the Light
Mental illness is a clever, hard-to-kill beast, and escaping it is akin to defeating a cluster of wild boar. But with proper strategy and weaponry, the invasive species can be taken down. These cue cards may help.
California Prisons Fail to Uphold Transgender Rights Despite State Law
A 2020 California law aimed to make prison safer for transgender people. But for many trans women, abuse and harassment inside has continued to harm their mental health.
On 60th Anniversary of JFK’s Mental Health Law, Another Kennedy Convenes Advocates to Build a Movement
Sixty years after John F. Kennedy signed a sweeping mental health act into law, his nephew, former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy, gathered advocates in Boston. The goal: to kickstart a movement to transform the fractured mental health system in the U.S. A report and interview from the conference.
Schizophrenia Far More Common than Previously Thought, Study Finds
Schizophrenia is a lot more prevalent than we thought. MDMA moves closer to approval to treat PTSD. A look at the impact of childhood poverty in rural Northern California, quite different from the city.
Florida: Land of Involuntary Commitment
A MindSite News investigation digs into Florida's practice of taking kids to mental hospitals against their will. A photo essay looks at efforts to help Ukrainian soldiers' mental anguish. Regulators halt psychiatric trials at New York State Psychiatric Institute following a patient suicide.
Florida’s Baker Act Has Seized Kids & Adults for Forced Mental Health Holds Almost 2 Million Times in Past Decade. Are Advocates Finally Forcing Change?
In Florida, seizing children and adults and placing them on involuntary mental health holds happens so frequently, it has become a verb: Baker Acted – a reference to a 1971 law. That law was intended to reduce the horrors of asylum care while allowing mentally ill patients to be forcibly evaluated and treated. Instead, it has become a dragnet of sorts that brings hundreds of thousands of adults and children to mental health facilities.
Why Some Dental Clinics Are Offering Mental Health Screenings
"Open up" may take on a whole new meaning at some dentist offices. Breathing smoke from wildfires may increase people's risk of dementia. Why so many Americans are seeking ADHD medication. And more.
Biden takes new steps to compel health insurers to cover mental health
In today’s Daily: The Biden Administration announces plans to force health insurers to provide coverage for mental health conditions on par with physical health treatments. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson takes steps to reopen shuttered mental health clinics.
Georgia farmers’ mental health under siege
The program wants to support farmers, but stigma prevents many from reaching out. Plus: quick and simple meditation, a podcast on "discomfort foods" and mental health, and an update on 988.
A Therapist’s Paean to Taylor Swift
A psychiatrist celebrates the therapeutic power of Taylor Swift. Psychedelics head for the mainstream. And a new report underscores the link between long Covid and mental illness.
Activist at 14, Burned Out by 26. Today, Emani Davis Teaches That to Change the World, You Must Also Take Care of Yourself
Emani Davis spent her teens and early 20s advocating for children of imprisoned parents. At 14, she was speaking around the country. By 26, she was physically exhausted and emotionally depleted by reliving the most traumatic events of her life over and over again.
Students and Teachers Stressed Out in Schools Post-Covid
There's joy being back in the classroom, but anxiety levels are high. A MindSite News original about a young activist urging self-care. A catchy self-affirmation for little ones by rapper Snoop Dogg. And more.
An Interview with New York City’s Health chief
MindSite News sits down with with New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan. Black mental health experts have some advice about how to heal racial trauma.
Ashwin Vasan, New York City’s Doctor, on Trying to Fix a ‘Broken Mental Health System’
"We're in the midst of the largest drop of life expectancy that we've faced as a city and country in a century. COVID, obviously, is one explanation. But there are many other reasons – overdoses, rising rates of chronic illness, premature deaths from birth inequities, increased rates of violence, suicide. All these link to mental health, either directly, like overdoses, or indirectly. We need to start looking at mental health as a cross-cutting issue that often manifests in conditions or causes of death we would otherwise not refer to as mental health. We have to see it almost in the groundwater."
Easing Girls’ Trauma at School
A school-based program for teen girls successfully reduced trauma-related distress. The class of drugs that includes Ozempic offers tantalizing, if unproven, possibilities for a different kind of opioid addiction treatment.
Do Grief Dreams Help Ease Loss?
A look at how racism affects the mental health of Black youth, sometimes at an early age. Scientists challenge the “toxic culture” and mental health crisis in academic science.
Does Therapy Really Work?
A deep look at therapy. The mental health crisis for North Carolina kids. And drug overdose deaths were virtually unchanged last year – again claiming more than 100,000 lives.
This Just In: Another Award & More Co-Publications with USA Today!
MindSite News took home a Lisagor Award in Chicago. And we co-published two new stories with USA Today. Please consider becoming a supporter of MindSite News so we can continue our work shining a light on mental health.
Kids Coping Through Kindness
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.
Measuring Mental Health on Earth and Mars
A survey of global mental health finds that people everywhere are still stuck at pandemic-level lows – and young people are faring worst. And a look at the “psychological torment” that would accompany any mission to Mars.
An Initiative Promised 20,000 Homes for Mentally Ill Californians. It Delivered Far Less
Proposition 1, a March ballot measure in California, promises to build 4,350 supportive housing units for homeless people with chronic mental illness. Can it succeed where previous measures fell short?
A Former Hotline Counselor ‘Hands the Mic’ to Call-takers to Amplify Their Voices
The author of a survey of crisis hotline counselors talks about his experiences and why he wanted to tap into the wisdom of the people who answer calls to 988.
An Epidemic has Become a Crisis
What’s worse than fentanyl? Fentanyl + meth + THC + xylazine. The physician leading the team assisting newly released Israeli hostages talks about their needs.
A City Fails Its People
A New York Times investigation uncovered a poorly managed system of care for the city’s most severely mentally ill that put lives at risk.
Cards to Cue Your ‘Well Self’ to Leave Breadcrumbs for your ‘Unwell Self’ – and Remind it to Remember the Light
Mental illness is a clever, hard-to-kill beast, and escaping it is akin to defeating a cluster of wild boar. But with proper strategy and weaponry, the invasive species can be taken down. These cue cards may help.
California Prisons Fail to Uphold Transgender Rights Despite State Law
A 2020 California law aimed to make prison safer for transgender people. But for many trans women, abuse and harassment inside has continued to harm their mental health.
On 60th Anniversary of JFK’s Mental Health Law, Another Kennedy Convenes Advocates to Build a Movement
Sixty years after John F. Kennedy signed a sweeping mental health act into law, his nephew, former Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy, gathered advocates in Boston. The goal: to kickstart a movement to transform the fractured mental health system in the U.S. A report and interview from the conference.
Schizophrenia Far More Common than Previously Thought, Study Finds
Schizophrenia is a lot more prevalent than we thought. MDMA moves closer to approval to treat PTSD. A look at the impact of childhood poverty in rural Northern California, quite different from the city.
Florida: Land of Involuntary Commitment
A MindSite News investigation digs into Florida's practice of taking kids to mental hospitals against their will. A photo essay looks at efforts to help Ukrainian soldiers' mental anguish. Regulators halt psychiatric trials at New York State Psychiatric Institute following a patient suicide.
Florida’s Baker Act Has Seized Kids & Adults for Forced Mental Health Holds Almost 2 Million Times in Past Decade. Are Advocates Finally Forcing Change?
In Florida, seizing children and adults and placing them on involuntary mental health holds happens so frequently, it has become a verb: Baker Acted – a reference to a 1971 law. That law was intended to reduce the horrors of asylum care while allowing mentally ill patients to be forcibly evaluated and treated. Instead, it has become a dragnet of sorts that brings hundreds of thousands of adults and children to mental health facilities.
Why Some Dental Clinics Are Offering Mental Health Screenings
"Open up" may take on a whole new meaning at some dentist offices. Breathing smoke from wildfires may increase people's risk of dementia. Why so many Americans are seeking ADHD medication. And more.
Biden takes new steps to compel health insurers to cover mental health
In today’s Daily: The Biden Administration announces plans to force health insurers to provide coverage for mental health conditions on par with physical health treatments. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson takes steps to reopen shuttered mental health clinics.
Georgia farmers’ mental health under siege
The program wants to support farmers, but stigma prevents many from reaching out. Plus: quick and simple meditation, a podcast on "discomfort foods" and mental health, and an update on 988.
A Therapist’s Paean to Taylor Swift
A psychiatrist celebrates the therapeutic power of Taylor Swift. Psychedelics head for the mainstream. And a new report underscores the link between long Covid and mental illness.
Activist at 14, Burned Out by 26. Today, Emani Davis Teaches That to Change the World, You Must Also Take Care of Yourself
Emani Davis spent her teens and early 20s advocating for children of imprisoned parents. At 14, she was speaking around the country. By 26, she was physically exhausted and emotionally depleted by reliving the most traumatic events of her life over and over again.
Students and Teachers Stressed Out in Schools Post-Covid
There's joy being back in the classroom, but anxiety levels are high. A MindSite News original about a young activist urging self-care. A catchy self-affirmation for little ones by rapper Snoop Dogg. And more.
An Interview with New York City’s Health chief
MindSite News sits down with with New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan. Black mental health experts have some advice about how to heal racial trauma.
Ashwin Vasan, New York City’s Doctor, on Trying to Fix a ‘Broken Mental Health System’
"We're in the midst of the largest drop of life expectancy that we've faced as a city and country in a century. COVID, obviously, is one explanation. But there are many other reasons – overdoses, rising rates of chronic illness, premature deaths from birth inequities, increased rates of violence, suicide. All these link to mental health, either directly, like overdoses, or indirectly. We need to start looking at mental health as a cross-cutting issue that often manifests in conditions or causes of death we would otherwise not refer to as mental health. We have to see it almost in the groundwater."
Easing Girls’ Trauma at School
A school-based program for teen girls successfully reduced trauma-related distress. The class of drugs that includes Ozempic offers tantalizing, if unproven, possibilities for a different kind of opioid addiction treatment.
Do Grief Dreams Help Ease Loss?
A look at how racism affects the mental health of Black youth, sometimes at an early age. Scientists challenge the “toxic culture” and mental health crisis in academic science.
Does Therapy Really Work?
A deep look at therapy. The mental health crisis for North Carolina kids. And drug overdose deaths were virtually unchanged last year – again claiming more than 100,000 lives.
This Just In: Another Award & More Co-Publications with USA Today!
MindSite News took home a Lisagor Award in Chicago. And we co-published two new stories with USA Today. Please consider becoming a supporter of MindSite News so we can continue our work shining a light on mental health.
Kids Coping Through Kindness
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.
