Tag: mental illness
There is much more to mindfulness than the popular media hype
Pierce Salguero, Penn State
Mindfulness is seemingly everywhere these days. A Google search I conducted in January 2022 for...
Americans are in a mental health crisis – especially African Americans....
Brad R. Fulton, Indiana University
Centuries of systemic racism and everyday discrimination in the U.S. have left a major...
Being a pop star once meant baring skin – now, for...
Kristin J. Lieb, Emerson College
In Billie Eilish’s 2019 video for “Bury A Friend,” the then-17-year-old singer blurs the...
Kids want to learn more about mental illness and how to...
Joanne Riebschleger, Michigan State University and Jennifer Tanis, Michigan State University
One in five teens has a parent with a mental illness such as anxiety...
How you can help veterans every day
Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Purdue University
As the nation celebrates our 17 million living veterans, it is also important to know that the number of these...
Why sign language is vital for all deaf babies, regardless of...
Kimberly A. Wolbers, University of Tennessee and Leala Holcomb, University of Tennessee
When their newborn failed a hearing test, Quinn and Kai were distraught. Their...
Ashamed over my mental illness, I realized drawing might help me...
William Doan, Pennsylvania State University
I’ve lived much of my life with anxiety and depression, including the negative feelings – shame and self-doubt – that...
Myths around mental illness cause high rates of unemployment
Bandy X. Lee, Yale University
Even though mental illness affects one in five adults – and depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide –...
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Are antiabortion activists winning?
Mary Ziegler, Florida State University
The Supreme Court seems poised to take on the abortion issue again, and with reason.
On June 29, by a five-to-four...
