Loneliness as Lethal: Researchers Name Social Isolation a āPublic Health Threatā
Researchers present loneliness as a health threat facing a growing number of Americans.
With Great Health Data Comes Great Potential for Bias
FromĀ Pacific Standard: Technology is increasinglyĀ collecting and sharing data on individuals' mental and physical health, which is thenĀ converted into useable knowledge, such as recommendations about...
Ethical Failings in Experimental Drug Safety Trials
Leading human subjects ethics researcher questions exploitation of uninsured minorities in experimental drug trials.
Female Brains are More Active?
FromĀ Discover Magazine: Headlines in various news sources reporting on a new study claim that women's brains have been found to be more active than...
Suicide Rate for Teen Girls Hits 40-Year High
FromĀ TIME: According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, the suicide rate among teen girls reached a 40-year high in 2015. From 2007...
Indescribable You
In this piece forĀ Aeon, Carlin Flora critiques sociologists' and psychologists' attempts to categorize and classify people's personalities into distinct groups and profiles, advocatingĀ that we...
Division 32 APA Response to Racism & Violence in Charlottesville
It is not hate that kills, as much as it is silence. That is why Division 32 of the American Psychological Association is encouraging...
Third of Men With Poor Mental Health Blame Jobs, Says Mind
FromĀ BBC: According to survey results from theĀ UK mental health charity Mind, a third of men experiencing poor mental health attribute their suffering to workplace...
Married Individuals with Schizophrenia Show Better Outcomes, Study Finds
14-year study of a rural sample in China shows those who were married had higher rates of remission from schizophrenia.
Social Prescribing May Improve Self-Esteem and Mental Well-Being
Systematic review suggests social prescribing benefits individuals with mental and physical health issues, but more program evaluations are needed.
Students Sue Oxford University for Mental Health Discrimination
FromĀ Express: Catherine Dance, a 24-year-old law graduate, is suing Oxford University's Jesus College forĀ refusing to grant accommodations for her mental health disability and forcing...
The “It’s All in Your Head” Diagnosis Endangers Women’s Health
FromĀ Los Angeles Times: Many physicians are quick to dismiss women's serious health concerns as psychological issues, leading to the delay of proper treatment and...
The Politics of Mental Health
In this piece forĀ Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century, Hazel Croft argues for a more radical approach to mental health, exploringĀ the impact of neoliberal...
Depression is Now the World’s Most Widespread Illness
FromĀ Fortune: The global rate of depression has risen more than 18 percent since 2005.Ā In 2015, the World Health Organization estimated that 322 million people...
Providing Social Welfare Can Save Billions of Dollars, Researchers Say
Researchers suggest that treatment is more effective and healthcare costs are reduced when contextual care is implemented that addresses social and economic needs.
Many are Depressed Because They’re Expected not to be
FromĀ The Conversation: New studies suggest that Western cultural values - specifically the high value we place on happiness - may be the reason that...
A Glimpse Inside US Mental Health Detention Centre
FromĀ The Sun: New York photographer Lili Holzer-Glier was recently allowed inside the Cook County Department of Corrections in Chicago, where 35 percent of inmates...
The Dangers of Over-Policing Motherhood
In this piece forĀ The Atlantic, Chris Millard discusses how increased medical, psychiatric, and psychoanalytic scrutiny of motherhood in the 20th century set the stage...
Depression, Stigma, and our Toxic Culture
FromĀ Medium: Often after the suicide of a public figure, there is an increase in articles published attempting to destigmatize depression by categorizing it as...
APA Questions Announcement to Bar Trans People from Military
From theĀ American Psychological Association: The APA has challenged President's Trump announced ban on transgender people serving in the U.S. military, citing research showing that...
Study Finds Mistreatment and Psychological Distress Among LGBT Prisoners in the US
The rate of incarceration for lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals is roughly three times that of the general population and they experience significantly higher rates of victimization and mistreatment in prison.
Mental Health, Inc.
FromĀ Kirkus Reviews: In his new bookĀ Mental Health, Inc., Art Levine reports on the dire state of the U.S. mental health system.
"The author delivers the...
Political Neuroscience: “Growth Mindsets” and Disability
FromĀ Neuroskeptic: The British government is launching a new initiative, the "Health and Work Conversation," a one-hour conversation in which welfare claimants receiving financial support...
Providers Fail to Report Information on Suicide Prevention Services
Researchers investigate services related to suicide prevention across mental health providers in England.
Schizophrenia’s Tangled Roots
FromĀ Sapiens: Researchers are increasingly recognizing the role that social and environmental factors, including childhood abuse, stressful events, and poverty, play in the development of...
