7 WAYS SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BENEFIT MENTAL HEALTHBy Kevin NaruseIt turns out that emotions expressed on Facebook can affect your mood...provoke instances of elation or depression...bee...Read OnKevin Naruse 0 021Dec
How Hot Is Too Hot: Tackling The Climate Crisis DiscussionBy Kevin NaruseWhat is the climate crisis, and how is an individual’s mental health affected?...Read OnKevin Naruse 0 004Dec
The power of social media and how it affects activismBy Brianna GrayFor years black people have been abused by the cops. It was considered normal to see black folks tortured and beaten.. B...Read OnBrianna Gray 0 006Sep
What Masculinity Means to ManhoodBy Brianna GrayThey would usually say that being a man is way easier than being a woman. In most cases, they would be right. However, i...Read OnBrianna Gray 0 006Sep
THE TIMELESS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTAL ILLNESS AND CREATIVE GENIUSBy Kevin JokipiiThe simplistic notion of the “mad genius” can bring with it the image of the reckless, bold, frenetic, and gifted vi...Read OnKevin Jokipii 0 005May
Months after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Gaza’s children still traumatizedBy Nasma KublawiThe Israeli-Palestinian struggle remains one of the most tumultuous, traumatic conflicts of history. Series of wars and...Read OnNasma Kublawi 0 007Oct
5 Activities to Stay Positive: How Can Music Help KidsBy Tina MileerThere are many different activities that kids can take part in indoors that make them feel good and help them to stay po...Read OnTina Mileer 0 008Jun
Black Lives and Minds MatterBy Kevin NaruseAuthor: Heidi Ellis, CEO/Founder of HME Consulting & Advocacy, SIOV Director of Partnerships and Development I dedic...Read OnKevin Naruse 0 002Apr
Stigmas Around Mental Health in a Jewish/Christian Scientist FamilyBy Katherine KornbergWhen I was a kid, I genuinely thought that my mom had a weekly appointment to shrink her head. She already has a very sm...Read OnKatherine Kornberg 0 026Mar
America’s ‘Extremely Punitive’ Prisons Make Mental Illness WorseBy Katherine KornbergAccording to Mental Health America, 1.2 million individuals living with mental illness sit in jail and prison every year...Read OnKatherine Kornberg 0 020Feb
Grief and HopeBy Lulu The Green FairyA sigh on the breeze, a delicate transience passing through, life is so fragile and precarious. How do we deal with grie...Read OnLulu The Green Fairy 0 026Jun
Mental Illness Is Not a Crime: Use The Justice System To Help Not Hinder ThemBy Matthew PermuyWe see a lot of people, homeless or not, that wind up in the prison system for committing crimes due to their mental ill...Read OnMatthew Permuy 0 026Oct
Antidepressants alone will not solve the suicide epidemic, here’s whyBy Matthew PermuyThe documented efficacy and long-term benefit of antidepressants in patients with recurrent forms of severe anxiety or d...Read OnMatthew Permuy 0 019Oct
6 Ways to Advocate for Employee Mental Wellness in your WorkplaceBy Matthew PermuyThe more employers and its employees begin with a conversation centered around the subject of mental health advocacy, th...Read OnMatthew Permuy 0 008Apr
Social Workers In Rising Demand To Address Mental Health In CorporationsBy Kevin NaruseIn June, Fast Company published an interesting article on the future of work, in which Jake Bullinger argued for the imp...Read OnKevin Naruse 0 028Mar
The Digital Divide and Mental Health: Digital Health Series Part IIBy Kevin NaruseUsing Mobile Technology to Support Participation in Meaningful Activities"...Read OnKevin Naruse 0 001Mar
Poverty and Mental Illness in America: an editorialBy David IsraelianThe issue of poverty in America is far more complex than a simple lack of food, money, and housing. It extends to (and r...Read OnDavid Israelian 0 025Feb
The Digital Divide and Mental Health: Part I of IIBy Kevin NaruseHow are mental health and digital literacy-related? Let’s start by defining mental health. Mental well-being must be d...Read OnKevin Naruse 0 019Feb
What NOT To Say To Someone Living With DepressionBy Miles GoldsteinIt’s very important to know what to say when interacting with someone who is struggling with depression, but very ofte...Read OnMiles Goldstein 0 011Nov
A Comprehensive Mental Health Recovery Must Remedy IsolationBy Tequila MockingbirdOver a prolonged period of time, isolation can also cause pathological changes in the brain, leading to sleep disturbanc...Read OnTequila Mockingbird 0 020Sep
Rethinking Core Assumptions on Mental Health CareBy Kevin NaruseBeing human, psychiatrists and clinical psychologists are vulnerable to making biased judgments like anyone else...Read OnKevin Naruse 0 006Aug
Towards A More Complete Approach To Mental Health CareBy Kevin NaruseIsolation is the most pressing issue in young adults’ mental health....Read OnKevin Naruse 0 027Jul
Mental Health Issues Hurt the Scientific CommunityBy Susanna Harris 47 percent of doctoral students and 37 percent of master’s students surveyed met the clinical criteria for depre...Read OnSusanna Harris 0 021May
99% Ape, 1% FruitcakeBy Lulu The Green FairyIt’s not the 99% ape bit of my DNA that concerns me, it’s the 1% fruitcake...Read OnLulu The Green Fairy 0 028Apr
Unspoken: Mental Health in Latino CommunitiesBy Stephanie LomeliThe way the Latino community understands and copes with mental health conditions may be different and puts us at a disad...Read OnStephanie Lomeli 0 020Apr
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