Category: Mental Health
More school counselors could turn the tide on the youth mental health crisis
© Provided by Salon Student Meeting With School CounselorGetty Images/monkeybusinessimages Last fall, more than 130 children’s organizations called on President…
Online mental health company uses ChatGPT to help respond to users in experiment — raising ethical concerns around healthcare and AI technology
ChatGPT, a AI chat bot, has gone viral in the past two weeks. NurPhoto/Getty Images A digital mental health company…
‘A real wake-up call’: Poor mental health is costing billions of dollars in lost productivity
The U.S. has a mental health crisis and it’s costing the economy tens of billions of dollars in lost productivity….
Students in New York could get mental health days off from classes
Lawmakers in New York state are considering joining a dozen other states that allow students to take mental health days off…
Nonprofits filling gap in childhood mental health
Nonprofits on Long Island say they are offering affordable mental health therapy for teens and young children — without long waiting lists…
Mental health days off from school may soon become a reality in New York state
PLAINVIEW, N.Y. — Lawmakers in New York state are considering joining a dozen other states that allow students to take mental…
Using Mental Health as an Excuse for Bad Behavior
We are surrounded by the discourse of “mental health” at this moment in time. Anecdotally it appears that more people…
Mental health advocates address New Hope’s ‘drastic’ decision to shut down group homes
Mental health advocates say the city of New Hope took “a very drastic step” when it used a rental licensing…
Mental Health Expectations in a Post(?)-Pandemic World
Source: Johannes Plenio/Unsplash Trigger warning: This article describes stressful life events experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. For most people, the…
I Was In A Mental Hospital Until A Simple Exercise Saved My Life
On Sunday, April 17 of 2011, I made one of the hardest decisions of my life. It was a decision…
