Mental Health

As Black students confront dire mental health threats, one school district is encouraging them to share their struggles and lend support to their peers.

People with dementia end up in hospital ERs 1.4 million times a year. Better caregiver support could prevent future crises.

At least half of surveyed US adults experienced loneliness and social isolation.

For people with diabetes, loneliness is a bigger risk factor for heart disease than diet, exercise, smoking, and depression.

Severe depression, loneliness, and adversity may increase the risk of cognitive decline and dementia later in life.

He believes the key to success as a teacher is in building connections with students.

Students and educators at Williamsburg Charter High School continue to reel from a shooting in February. They are also rallying to push for change.

Neighborhood walkability may promote specific aspects of neighborhood social health, which together are beneficial for physical and mental health. These findings provide additional impetus for enhancing walkability of US communities.

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Frederick Douglass is regarded as one of the most prominent abolitionists the world has ever seen. Alongside his extraordinary contributions as an influential speaker, writer and human rights advocate, Douglass…

These care delivery models are aimed at breaking down the often-impenetrable barriers between health care and social supports.

Spurred federal grants for counseling, schools and colleges are recruiting and retaining more school mental health providers.