Poverty

School discipline that punishes minor misbehavior may increase adolescents’ misconduct and lead to racial inequalities in school discipline.

Global analysis of 149 countries finds food insecurity is associated with poorer mental health.

New research is investigating how “poverty reduction promotes cognitive and brain development.”

A new paper explores how the disputed nature of psychiatric knowledge influences public perceptions and debates within the field of mental health.

In-depth interviews find that those who screened positive for depression did not explain their experience in terms of diagnostic symptoms.

From the Center for Health Journalism: Different types of childhood adversity shape the developing brain in distinct ways and need to be addressed accordingly. While...

In the Room for Debate section of this weekend's New York Times, specialists in ethics, psychiatry, social work, addiction, and human rights hash out their...

Study in Brazil demonstrates how the exploration of contextual determinants of distress in mental health care can inform therapeutic change.

A letter just published in JAMA Psychiatry suggests that “precision psychiatry” is not the paradigm shift it’s purported to be by the psychiatric establishment.

Climate change-related extreme weather and increasing temperatures associated with higher rates of mental health challenges.

From The Independent: Policies that privilege neoliberal values are having a devastating effect on people with complex mental health needs. In the UK, people with severe...

From The Atlantic: A recent study found that increases in unemployment rates are associated with increased opioid overdoses and emergency room visits. Article →­

MIA’s Gavin Crowell-Williamson interviews psychologist Rosie Phillips Davis about her presidential initiative to address deep poverty.

New research emphasizes the impact of school connectedness and community engagement interventions on students' mental health.

In this piece for Non.copyriot.com, Andrew Ryder discusses the life and ideas of the psychotherapist, philosopher, and activist Félix Guattari, whose work united many of...

In this video, Sarah Yiannoullou, Managing Director of NSUN, and Raza Griffiths, NSUN London Network Coordinator, discuss the importance of including and centering the voices and...

Race often determines whether school punishment or therapy and drugs will be used to address children’s problem behaviors.

Individuals diagnosed with a psychotic disorder are 4-6 times more likely than the general population to experience victimization.

From AP News: In response to research showing the long-term health impact of adverse childhood experiences, pediatricians, mental health specialists, educators and community leaders are...

According to psychologists, “mental illness is largely caused by social crises such as unemployment or childhood abuse.” If this is so, why are we...

Researchers argue that a structural competency and social determinants of health approach must be made central to psychiatry training.

Meta-analytic study detects upsurge in patterns of perfectionism in young adults and explores how neoliberalism contributes to this trend.

From Chicago Booth Review: Several recent research studies have provided insight into both the positive and negative effects of poverty on decision-making. While people in...

The Atlantic interviews Raj Raghunathan about his new book, If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy? “If you were to go back to the...

A study demonstrates a 7% reduction in suicide attempts for teens in states that had legalized same-sex marriage.