More Students Than Ever Suffer Mental Ill Health
FromĀ The Guardian: The number of children and young adultsĀ experiencing mental health problems is rapidly rising. More than ever, young people are growing up in...
āThe Myth of the Ever-More-Fragile College Studentā
āThe point, overall, is that given the dizzying array of possible factors at work here, itās much too pat a story to say that kids are getting more 'fragile' as a result of some cultural bugaboo,ā Jesse Singal writes in response to the flurry of recent think pieces decrying the weakened resolve of today's college students.
Self-Evident
In this piece forĀ Aeon, Serife Tekin argues that contrary to antirealist perspectives emphasizing the illusion of selfhood, there is such a thing as the...
We Must Defeat the Tories for the Sake of Our Mental Health
FromĀ The Daily Mirror:Ā According to U.K. academics and mental health groups, five more years of Tory rule would greatly exacerbate people's mental health and cause...
A Pediatrician Talks About the Dangers of Bullying
FromĀ MinnPost: According to pediatrician Michael Pitt, M.D., pediatricians see a spike in suicide attempts at back-to-school time, in part due to anxiety over bullying...
Study Suggests Having Kids in Foster Care Bad for Mothers
FromĀ CBC News: A recent study shows that having a child takenĀ into foster care has detrimental effects on the mother's mental health and may reduce...
High University Debts Cause Students Mental Health Problems
FromĀ The Independent: Debts accumulated during university years are so high that students are suffering from mental health problems. A recent survey found that three-quarters...
Eating Oily Fish While Pregnant Could Prevent Schizophrenia
FromĀ The Conversation: According to a recent study from Japan, pregnant mice that are deprived of an essential fatty acid, called docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), are...
Who Names Diseases?
FromĀ Aeon: The World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued new guidelines requiring diseases to be named for generic descriptive terms, instead of regional or politically...
The Necessary Transience of Happiness
FromĀ openDemocracy: Despite our cultural obsession with happiness and theĀ widespread growth of the happiness industry, few of us are actually more satisfied with our lives....
Study Links Working Long Hours With Poorer Mental Health
FromĀ MinnPost: A recent study found that working more than 39 hours per week can lead to significant mental health risks.
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Natural Disasters Have a Serious Impact on Mental Health
FromĀ Bustle: Natural disasters often inflict psychological harm on those who experience them, increasing the likelihood of PTSD in survivors. In addition to repairing physical...
Why Are So Many Adults Today Haunted by Trauma?
FromĀ Greater Good Magazine:Ā According to Dr. Gabor Mate, capitalism plays an important role in childhood trauma. Because our political and social systems do not support...
āLoneliness May Warp Our Genes, And Our Immune Systemsā
NPR reports how loneliness can change our bodies and affect our physical and mental health. "There are things we can do to get out of a depressed or lonely state, but they're not easy," they report. "Part of the reason is because these negative psychological states develop some kind of molecular momentum."
The Surprising Science of Fidgeting
In this piece forĀ The Conversation, Harriet Dempsey-Jones provides a variety of possible explanations for why we fidget, as well as the increasing popularity of...
Researchers Discover How Plastic Contaminants Cause Brain Changes and Hyperactivity
Researchers believe they have found "the smoking gun" that links common contaminants leaching from plastics to "adverse brain development and hyperactivity."
Time Spent in Green Places Linked With Longer Life in Women
FromĀ Harvard Health Blog:Ā A 2016 analysis found that women living in areas with higher levels of green vegetation had lower rates of mortality. Spending time...
Racism as a Public Health Threat
FromĀ Medical Xpress:Ā Racism is a majorĀ public health issue that is correlated with physical and mental health problems including depression, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, breast...
Nature Still Battles Nurture in the World of Social Genomics
FromĀ Nature: In her new book,Ā Social by Nature: The Promise and Peril of Sociogenomics, Catherine BlissĀ discusses the social context and potentially biodeterministic implications of the...
Vets Who Receive Legal Aid Show Improved Mental Health
FromĀ Yale News: A new study shows that veterans who receive legal help with housing, benefits, and consumer or personal matters have increased income, fewer...
Links Between Benefits and Mental Ill-Health Could be Recorded
FromĀ Vox Political: In a new proposal in the medical journalĀ The Lancet,Ā Kate Allsopp and Peter Kinderman have called for mental health professionals to record psychosocial...
Targets are Damaging Students’ Mental Health
In this pieceĀ forĀ The Guardian, a schoolteacher explains how unrealistic expectations of students' academic performance as well as a strongĀ emphasis on test scores haveĀ harmed students'...
Nunavut Declares Suicide Epidemic a State of Emergency
Nunavut, Canadaās largest and northernmost territory, is suffering from a suicide rate that is 10 times the national average. āIn the case of Inuit boys 15 to 19,ā CBC News reports, āthe suicide rate is 40 times higher than those of their peers in the rest of Canada.ā
Instagram Worst App for Young People’s Mental Health
FromĀ CNN: A British study found that Instagram has a negative effect on young people's mental health, especially on young women's body image. The Royal...
Inequality is Bad For Your Health
FromĀ Pacific Standard: In a recent study featuring a group of American twins, twins who experienced greater levels of inequality showed more physiological signs of...
