Category: Mental health
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Criminalization of mental illness: Protesters demand for more health care, less prisons Criminalization of mental illness: Protesters demand for more health care, less prisons
Community October 18, 2024

Criminalization of mental illness: Protesters demand for more health care, less prisons

Giant billboards, a mobile ad with video and digital messages and TV ... more

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Most Americans back cellphone bans during class, but fewer support all-day restrictions Most Americans back cellphone bans during class, but fewer support all-day restrictions
Education October 15, 2024

Most Americans back cellphone bans during class, but fewer support all-day restrictions

As lawmakers and educators crack down on cellphone use in schools, most ... more

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Study establishes first causal link between anti-trans laws and suicide attempts Study establishes first causal link between anti-trans laws and suicide attempts
Mental health October 2, 2024

Study establishes first causal link between anti-trans laws and suicide attempts

State laws targeting transgender people made trans and nonbinary young people more ... more

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Latino youth are not being active enough; 63%, of parents reported they struggled to afford costs associated with sports Latino youth are not being active enough; 63%, of parents reported they struggled to afford costs associated with sports
Mental health October 1, 2024

Latino youth are not being active enough; 63%, of parents reported they struggled to afford costs associated with sports

A statewide report found that nearly two-thirds of school-aged children, particularly in ... more

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Newsom signs law to protect children from social media addiction Newsom signs law to protect children from social media addiction
Mental health September 23, 2024

Newsom signs law to protect children from social media addiction

California follows New York state, which passed a law earlier this year ... more

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Prioritizing Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools Prioritizing Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools
Mental health August 19, 2024

Prioritizing Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools

Schools are prioritizing students’ mental health, and there are many tools and ... more

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How to Help Someone Through a Panic Attack. It’s more normal than you think How to Help Someone Through a Panic Attack. It’s more normal than you think
Mental health August 19, 2024

How to Help Someone Through a Panic Attack. It’s more normal than you think

A meteorologist in Australia was delivering the weather report on live television ... more

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Venting your frustrations can make friends like you better Venting your frustrations can make friends like you better
Mental health August 15, 2024

Venting your frustrations can make friends like you better

Venting about your frustrations with one friend to another isn’t necessarily cathartic, ... more

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Americans’ views of offensive speech aren’t necessarily clear-cut Americans’ views of offensive speech aren’t necessarily clear-cut
Mental health August 14, 2024

Americans’ views of offensive speech aren’t necessarily clear-cut

About six-in-ten U.S. adults (62%) say that “people being too easily offended ... more

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Teen girls say they are feeling less sadness and despair, CDC reports Teen girls say they are feeling less sadness and despair, CDC reports
Mental health August 7, 2024

Teen girls say they are feeling less sadness and despair, CDC reports

With families around the country preparing to go back to school, there ... more

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New study provides first nationwide window on juvenile ‘lifer’ population New study provides first nationwide window on juvenile ‘lifer’ population
Mental health June 19, 2024

New study provides first nationwide window on juvenile ‘lifer’ population

More than 2,900 minors have been given juvenile life-without-parole sentences (Lifer) since ... more

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The Heavy Toll of the Youth Mental Health Crisis on Businesses The Heavy Toll of the Youth Mental Health Crisis on Businesses
Business June 10, 2024

The Heavy Toll of the Youth Mental Health Crisis on Businesses

In the past decade, rates of youth mental health, depression almost doubled, ... more

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Why caffeine might make you anxious Why caffeine might make you anxious
Mental health June 4, 2024

Why caffeine might make you anxious

Caffeine is a stimulant that affects the sympathetic nervous system — the ... more

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When saying ‘please’ is more strategic than magic When saying ‘please’ is more strategic than magic
Mental health May 17, 2024

When saying ‘please’ is more strategic than magic

By kindergarten age, most children have been taught that “please” is a ... more

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3 Movies That Actually Portray Mental Health Realistically 3 Movies That Actually Portray Mental Health Realistically
Mental health May 15, 2024

3 Movies That Actually Portray Mental Health Realistically

Have you ever started watching a film hoping it would capture the ... more

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Oprah, overweight and apologies: “I own what I’ve done” Oprah, overweight and apologies: “I own what I’ve done”
Mental health May 13, 2024

Oprah, overweight and apologies: “I own what I’ve done”

Oprah Winfrey addressed the role she played in perpetuating diet culture over ... more

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24% of mothers said they worked from home at least some of the time 24% of mothers said they worked from home at least some of the time
Mental health May 13, 2024

24% of mothers said they worked from home at least some of the time

It wasn't that long ago that experts were worrying that women, especially ... more

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Video game addiction among teenagers Video game addiction among teenagers
Mental health May 10, 2024

Video game addiction among teenagers

85% of U.S. Teens say they play video games, and about four-in-ten ... more