• Let's Decolonize Mental Health

    By Mahtab Javed Siddiqui, Mental Health Unit, South Asian Network, Artesia, CA As a child, I watched my mother meticulously prepare a paste of turmeric and black pepper over a hot flame. The sizzle of the paste and the aromatic scent of turmeric were overcome […]

  • Guest Opinion: Shaming mental health

    To live with OCD or any type of mental health diagnosis requires strength and fortitude.

  • Reflections – Can siblings harm your mental health?

    Reflections column on the correlation between multiple siblings and mental health issues.

  • Workers with job flexibility and security have better mental health

    Job flexibility and security were linked to significantly less psychological distress and anxiety.

  • Doctors studying use of psychedelics for mental health treatment

    A lot of the research out there on psychedelics has centered around mental health disorders like anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

  • How parenting affects kids’ mental health – Clinical psychologist

    Assistant Director of Clinical Psychology at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, Dr Akin Gabriel, who was the Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Psychological Association, Lagos Chapter, speaks to VICTORIA EDEME on the causes and effects of depression What is depression? Depression is simply a mood disorder. A mood disorder is a condition or illness Read More

  • ‘Not defendable’: Soldiers struggle with poor housing, mental health

    U.S. soldiers face a quality-of-living crisis as the Pentagon’s recruitment woes persist, according to top-ranking enlisted officers from across the U.S. military. “We’ve had a break in trust with our American people,” said Master Chief James Honea, the top enlisted adviser to Navy leadership, in a Wednesday congressional hearing. “We have to do much better at taking care” of our service members, Honea said, adding that he doesn’t want the military to “reach a breaking point” where more people...

  • Sean Strickland Opens Up On His Constant Battle With Mental Health

    Sean Strickland is on the headlines once again- no, not for any controversial statements this time, the UFC middleweight star has now opened up about his own mental health struggles. From his fighting style in the cage to his candid words on the mic, there are little number of fighters who are as unpredictable as "Tarzan". From his vicious callous of other UFC fighters, to his radical political statements, Strickland is one to always fire up the MMA fandom with what he says. However, his...

  • ‘So happy you’re here’: how a librarian became an advocate for mental health

    Mychal Threets’ sudden rise to fame as a pusher of ‘library joy’ isn’t over despite his exit from his job to focus on himselfMychal Threets has spent most of his 34 years in libraries – first as a homeschooled kid finding community and refuge in the world of books and then as an adult working as a librarian.“I grew up in libraries, raised by libraries, loved everything about libraries,” he said in an interview. “It is a place where you can just be as you are, you can come on inside, you can take...

  • State Funding for School-Based Mental Health Clinics

    New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced $20-million-dollars in start-up money for school-based mental health clinics — to help combat the state’s youth mental health crisis. Watch Governor Hochul’s Press Conference at Mohonasen High School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbXfUW4zNUE

  • Oak Hill students hold mental health outreach workshop

    The goal is to support schools from across West Virginia with the tools to implement student-led mental health committees.

  • How Covid lockdowns hit mental health of teenage boys hardest

    New research findings are contrary to what had previously been thought about pandemic’s effect on children’s wellbeingTeenage boys were hit hardest by the Covid lockdowns, with their mental health failing to recover despite the return to normality, according to the most comprehensive academic study of its kind.Early research into how lockdown affected children indicated that girls had suffered more significant mental health problems than boys. Continue reading