Category: Mental Health
Opinion: Too often, Utah neglects the mental health needs of individuals with disabilities
Utah is cited as one of the top five worst states for mental health. While the conversation around mental health…
Focus on male mental health in coastal towns
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Mental health crisis centers and EmPATH units: offering care that busy ERs can’t
On a spring afternoon in Tucson, Ariz., about a half dozen children and teens hung out in the sunny common…
How Medical Psychiatry May Worsen Mental-Health Stigma
Source: Alex Green/Pexels In the 1980s and 90s, an emerging theory was that mental disorders like depression, bipolar disorder, or…
Why I Say, “I Am Neurodivergent” and “I Have Mental Health Conditions”
In a recent conversation, I mentioned that I am neurodivergent. I was surprised to be corrected. He attempted to challenge…
Touch Improves Our Mental and Physical Health
StratfordProductions/Adobe Stock Touch is ubiquitous throughout our lives. As newborns, it’s the first sense to develop, and it provides much…
Jury deliberates on death of mental health nurse
Family Photo Dickon Hooper BBC News 23 April 2024 A jury has retired to consider its verdict at an inquest…
Another year, another roadblock for Elgin Township’s tax levy for mental health services
The Elgin Township 708 Mental Health Board’s request to levy taxes for mental health, developmental disability and substance abuse services…
Mental health advocacy must exist in classrooms
Mental health is a major factor in the college experience, as students have to balance different stressors while also staying…
Essex mental health deaths inquiry urges public to participate
The chair of a public inquiry looking into the deaths of about 2,000 mental health patients has invited applications from…
