Tag: mental illness
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 –...
To stop police shootings of people with mental health disabilities, I...
Jennifer Sarrett, Emory University
After Shukri Ali Said left her house during a mental health crisis on April 23, 2018, her sister called 911 for...
Mass shootings aren’t growing more common – and evidence contradicts common...
Christopher J. Ferguson, Stetson University
When 22 people were killed in El Paso, Texas, and nine more were killed in Dayton, Ohio, roughly 12...
Could the future edge in college sports be mental wellness?
Bradley Donohue, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
We live in a sports-oriented culture. In the United States alone, there are about 8 million high school...
Teenage depression: If a parent doesn’t get treatment for a child,...
Michael Shapiro, University of Florida
Hospital visits for kids in the U.S. who have contemplated or thought about suicide have risen sharply.
As a child...
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...
