Tag: mental health
The holiday-suicide myth and the intractability of popular falsehoods
Dan Romer, University of Pennsylvania
For years, the media have reported that more suicides occur during the holidays than at any other time.
Many of...
The psychological benefits – and trappings – of nostalgia
Krystine Batcho, Le Moyne College
In his song “Time Was,” counterculture singer Phil Ochs reminisces about a past “when a man could build a home,...
Price, author of long proposal to replace Obamacare, short on specifics...
Miranda Yaver, Yale University
It is hardly unusual for Cabinet nominees to leave more questions than answers after their confirmation hearings. Yet for the millions...
How to know when holiday drinking is hurting your brain
Jamie Smolen, University of Florida
For many, the holidays are indeed the most wonderful time of the year. Families and friends come together and enjoy...
When it comes to mental health, parents shouldn’t worry who…
When it comes to mental health, parents shouldn't worry who their children are friends with
Edward Hill, University of Warwick
When you’re a teenager, what your...
Libraries on the front lines of the homelessness crisis in the...
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and David C Stevens, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Libraries are increasingly a sanctuary for people who are homeless or...
We need to move beyond the medical model to address Indigenous...
Colin Tatz, Australian National University
Despite efforts to prevent suicide among Indigenous Australians, especially the young, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide rate is...
Crying out for a change in mood on emotional disorders and...
Ron Rapee
A few weeks ago, my children came home from school to announce they were raising money for World Vision’s 40-hour famine.
Naturally, I applauded...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
