This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent qualitative study sheds light on how people cope with health and financial challenges. The study highlights the important role that communication plays in these coping strategies. “This is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you, or someone you know experiences bipolar disorder (BD), you know the disarray it can cause. People with bipolar experience mania, the hallmark of the disorder, often feeling euphoric, irritable, and anxious,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “How does that make you feel?” In the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are missing a sympathetic ear. Would a response like that make you feel heard, less…
Senior behavioral/social scientist Joshua Breslau explains how findings from a RAND study of mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic can help in determining who in the population is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2020 brought disruption to most people’s working lives including, for many, a loss or struggle to find employment. Those who were employed (and those who employed others) faced new challenges:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mental health problems have been increasingly recognised as one of the most significant health concerns for children and adolescents in developed countries. According to the World Health Organization, depression and anxiety disorders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Well-meaning policymakers sometimes suggest building “kinder, gentler” prisons that offer needed counseling — and indeed, one such project has recently been proposed for convicted women in Massachusetts — but in practice, prisons themselves…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is failing deeply in containing the pandemic, but it also failing to provide the mental health services that this moment demands. Associate editor Sophia Crabbe-Field spoke with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Researchers have developed a personalized system to better detect young people at risk of suicide. The suicide rate among American adolescents has risen drastically over the last decade, but many…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Right now the whole world is experiencing a shared sense of loss. Whether that’s for a life that’s changed beyond recognition or grieving one of the 2.2 million loved ones who have died…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many in India’s LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning) community are hiding their real selves as they remain stuck with their families for months during the coronavirus…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Racism is fundamental to the United States’ inception: our founding as a nation and economy depended on it. Chattel slavery and the genocide of Indigenous people supplied the labor and…