This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mental health is one of the world’s leading global challenges. While half of all mental illness begins by the age of 14, most cases go undetected and untreated. At the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Robert Wiblin discusses The Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention, which is working to help prevent suicides in agricultural communities in Asia and Africa. • Can a strategy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass Take: · Carolyn Phencie, writing for The 74, discusses student activists’ call for gun control and mental health programs in schools. · What needs to be done to make…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Conversation discusses how childhood trauma can affect the mental and physical health of pregnant women — and how emotional support can counteract those adverse effects.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Mattie Quinn reports that state and local funding has created a dearth of school counselors to help students with their problems. This is crucial as many students…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Screen-Free Week encourages kids to detach from technology and instead spend time outside, participate in family activities, or build on other interests. • Research shows that excessive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Getting Smart examines the practice of social-emotional learning (SEL) and how it may have its limits in the classroom: That’s where parents and guardians can pick up…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Isabelle Morrison reports that a new initiative invites black people to share their stories about their struggles with mental health in order to change the narrative around…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Governing magazine reports on a growing concern in many cities across the U.S. over a lack of public funding for mental health services and clinics; Chicago…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Junot Díaz explains that children are vulnerable to sexual abuse and, often, they do not speak out about their suffering. The problem is additionally complicated by…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Celebrities (like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) share stories about their battles with depression to help eliminate the stigmas of mental health illnesses. • What are other ways to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • In this first-person essay from The Mighty, author Leanne Carman gives us a detailed glimpse of how the brain works when one has constant, severe anxiety.…