Tag: mental illness
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...
Labeling people as ‘The mentally ill’ increases stigma
Consider this collection of headlines from national national media outlets over the past few weeks: “Allowing the mentally ill guns is insane,” or “Ranks...
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...
Outsider art can refashion how we think about mental illness
By Victoria Tischler, University of the Arts London
Organisations such as MIND work tirelessly to raise awareness of mental health problems and real progress has...
My brain made me do it, but does that matter?
By Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Duke University
Imagine that Brian promises to drive you to the airport but never shows up, and you miss your flight. When...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
