Increasing use of social media and smartphones often cops the blame for an increase in youth mental health issues but the reality is not so simple. We are in the middle of a mental health crisis. Two new studies show that Americans are more worried about their mental health than their physical health. In the UK, research by King's College London found people of all ages agree that young people are struggling with their mental health, with parents blaming the COVID pandemic. In Australia,...
The American Psychological Association is calling on technology companies to take more steps to protect adolescents, arguing age restrictions alone don’t address the dangers
A top psychology group is urging technology companies and legislators to take greater steps to protect adolescents’ mental health, arguing that social media platforms are built for adults and are “not inherently suitable for youth.” Social media features such as endless scrolling and push notifications are “particularly risky” to young people, whose developing brains are less able to disengage from addictive experiences and are more sensitive to distractions, the American Psychological...
It wouldn’t be an overstatement to say that the headlines are increasingly filled with warnings about an escalating mental health crisis in America.
Join in a collaborative community conversation on the effects of trauma and its connection to potential addictions and impact on mental health. Hosted by Essex County Community Services Board, Building Resilience in Essex Families (BRIEF) Coalition, and ECHO, a series of collaborative conversations on April 16th, 18th, 23rd, and 25th will focus on the effects of childhood trauma, known as ACE’s (Adverse Childhood Experiences), and its connection to potential addictions and impact on mental...
Youth Volunteer Corps of Reading and Muhlenberg High School’s Aevidum Club team up for event.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made the announcement Tuesday in Ottawa alongside other cabinet ministers, including Ya'ara Saks, the minister of mental health and addictions.
What seems like a shortcut to understanding can lead you down a path of confusion and despair. There’s no substitute for professional helpThe modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their workIn the age of information overload, where a world of knowledge lies just a click away, the temptation to self-diagnose mental health conditions has become an all-too-common trend for many people. There is an allure in online quizzes and symptom checklists that...
Maddie Richter discusses the airline’s emergency response drills, her work-life balance and more. Crisis communications was a recurring theme at Ragan’s 2024 Social Media Conference, held March 27-29 at Disney World, and the reason for that is obvious to anyone who works in comms, marketing and social media today: Crisis situations seem to arise with […]
The City of Springfield has issued a Public Health Advisory ahead of Monday’s solar eclipse.
The ‘forgotten crisis’ of Afghanistan has exposed more and more young Afghans to mental health problems and drug abuse amid dwindling donor support and crumbling healthcare under the Taliban regime, said experts at a high-level side event at the recent meeting of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna Austria. Since the Taliban imposed a […]
Attacks such as the stabbing on April 13 are rare in Australia, a country of about 26 million people with some of the world's toughest gun and knife laws