Why Women with Serious Mental Illness Receive Worse Care By Hannah Furfaro Serious mental illness is more common among women than men — but women with serious conditions are often overlooked in psychiatric research, treated less effectively with psychiatric drugs, and face discrimination and stigma by medical professionals who diagnose them and oversee their care. The pandemic likely made a bad situation worse. Health…
Rachel Aviv Challenges Mental Health Stereotypes in New Book The award-winning writer for “The New Yorker” discusses her new book. By Dina Gachman What if the story of your life, as you see it, veers wildly from the narrative placed upon you by others — by society, institutions, family members, or psychiatrists? That question propels each chapter in award-winning New Yorker…
10 Ways to Help a Loved One Living With Mental Illness Family support can make a world of difference to those living with mental illness. Learn how to help the loved one in your life with these simple and easy gestures. By Kimberly Zapata Millions of Americans live with mental illness. According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), approximately one in…
Kids Need Access to Mental Health Days Mental Health Days & Kids, a survey from Verywell Mind and Parents, shows that 86% of parents who’ve allowed their children to take mental health days agree they’re impactful. Here’s why they’re important and what to know. By Allison Slater Tate Recently, I asked a soon-to-be high school senior, Abby*, if she ever…
Constance Wu Opens Up About Mental Health Struggles By Zoe Christen Jones Actress Constance Wu returned to social media Thursday after an almost three year absence, opening up about her struggles with online bullying and the effect it had on her mental health. Wu said that backlash from a “careless” post she made on Twitter about her show’s renewal resulted in her…
Women’s Mental Health Care in Prison The continued lack of mental, emotional, and social health programming for women in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic may actually cause the virus’s most devastating and long-lasting health effects for this population. By Emma Athena Until September 2021, 33-year-old Cheyanne Tanner was incarcerated at Florida’s Homestead Correctional Institution, a state prison on the southernmost…
Women Provide Mental Health Services to First Responders By Briana Smith First responders rescue people in traumatic and stressful situations every day but many don’t take care of their own mental well-being. Two local women created “Mindful Connections for Public Safety” in an effort to help support those on the front lines. “I invite you to relax and take a…
By Patricia Martin The word “self-love” can feel elusive. We tend to see actionable ways to love others—listening to them, helping them, appreciating them—but when it comes to ourselves, love is often just a feeling and not something we can practice. So we don’t. Most of the time, this isn’t because we don’t love ourselves; it’s because we don’t know how to love ourselves in meaningful ways.…
By Kira M. Newman In the summer of 2019, researchers from over 60 countries gathered at the International Positive Psychology Association’s 6th World Congress in Melbourne, Australia, to share cutting-edge insights on the science of wellbeing. Their findings added depth and complexity to our understanding of the major keys to a flourishing life—and there were several insights presented at the World Congress that…
By Martha Tesema It’s safe to say we’ve reached peak nostalgia. Whether it’s in the music we listen to (“1999” by Charli XCX, anyone?), the shows on Netflix that are all about various decades, or the proliferation of Timehop screenshots and #ThrowbackThursday posts (who hasn’t participated in at least one?), it’s pretty clear: The past is our friend, and we find a lot of joy in taking…
