Articles - Mental Health

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• The Summit Wellness Group’s Top 61 BIPOC Addiction & Mental Health Resources 345770
• How to spot and help someone in a mental health crisis - AP News 13.04.26 513620
• Making sense of the widening gender mental health gap: what teenage girls told us - Conversation 10.03.26 510736
• Are we really overdiagnosing mental illness? - Guardian 22.02.26 509690
• The Mental Health Act is now law – but is it a moment for celebration? - Canary 21.12.25 502620
• Can brain training really shave ten years off brain ageing, as a recent study suggests? - Conversation 10.11.25 497860
• #MHForAll Webinar: State of the World’s Mental Health Today - Global Mental Health Action Network 07.10.25 491620
• World leaders show strong support for political declaration on noncommunicable diseases and mental health - WHO 26.09.25 491673
• Mental health - WHO 24.09.25 491674
• Stress is wrecking your health: how can science help? - Nature 08.07.25 479394
• Online therapy as effective as in-person therapy, finds large study - Conversation 08.07.25 478326
• The Difference Between Stress and Anxiety - TIME 26.06.25 476580
• Political news is making you miserable. Is it wrong to tune out? - Vox 20.04.25 507070
• Scientists find that things really do seem better in the morning - Guardian 05.02.25 454921
• How a mindful hobby could help you break your after-work ‘doomscrolling’ habit - Conversation 23.01.25 452690
• The connection between poverty and mental health - Borgen Project 09.12.24 444681
• Improving lives at scale: the public health doctor - BMJ 15.07.24 427872
• Olena Zelenska: War is harming global mental health — even for people living in safety - WEF 31.05.24 417873
• It’s not all in your head: the political roots of the mental health crisis - Canary 15.05.23 346616
• Walks in green parks mean stronger immune systems and better mental health - Scientific American 16.04.24 408657
• How to look after your mental health without spending a fortune - Guardian 09.04.23 340147
• Why walking through the countryside ‘tames’ our brain - Conversation 22.02.23 332946
• Podcast: Loneliness is making us physically sick, but social prescribing can treat it - Conversation 16.02.23 329949
• Party drugs for PTSD: Study moves therapeutic use of MDMA toward approval - Intercept 14.01.23 328431
• I’m Doing “Self-Care January” This Year And Here’s Why - BuzzFeed 09.01.23 324307
• I was hospitalized against my will. I know firsthand the harm it can cause - Guardian 23.12.22 321412
• How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Affecting Our Mental Health - Health Math 31.08.22 345148
• To Properly Care for Mental Health Problems, We Must First Accept Those Problems Are Real - Jacobin 03.08.22 299026
• New 988 Suicide Hotline Launches Amid Mental Health Emergency, Pandemic, Gun Violence, Opioid Crisis - DN! 20.07.22 296399
• Insomnia: Large study shows how well different drugs work - BMJ 15.07.22 300193
• Is your smartphone ruining your memory? A special report on the rise of ‘digital amnesia’ - Guardian 03.07.22 293614
• Psychologists have traditionally focused on the past – what if that’s all wrong? - Conversation 22.06.22 293705
• Nearly one billion people have a mental disorder: WHO - UN News 17.06.22 292037
• New research: Socially isolated people have differently wired brains and poorer cognition - Conversation 16.06.22 291962
• Infographic: 10 tips to support a friend or relative with their mental health - 03.06.22 290210
• What I wish I’d known about living with an anxiety disorder - Guardian 21.05.22 287784
• How to recognise the symptoms of anxiety and get help - Guardian 21.05.22 287783
• Mental Health Awareness Week 2022: Mental health should be a priority when it comes to rebuilding the economy - Left Foot Forward 12.05.22 287319
• What’s the 411 on the new 988 hotline? 5 questions answered about a national mental health service - Conversation 28.03.22 280669
• Daylight savings: how an hour of extra sunlight can benefit your mental health - Conversation 28.03.22 280648
• Hot days lead to more mental health emergencies, study finds - Guardian 23.02.22 274283
• ‘I forget everything’: the benefits of nature for mental health - Guardian 21.02.22 274060
• Covid infection increases risk of mental health disorders, study finds - Guardian 19.02.22 273919
• Dr Julie Smith: ‘Mental health is no different to physical health. No one is immune’ - Observer 12.02.22 273410
• Young People Facing Mental Health Crisis, Exacerbated by Pandemic - Democracy Now 08.12.21 264286
• The explosion of Covid PTSD cases is a mental health crisis in the making - Guardian 07.12.21 264033
• Family estrangement: Why adults are cutting off their parents - BBC 01.12.21 263341
• ‘It gave me an ability to enjoy life’: readers on cognitive behavioural therapy - Guardian 04.11.21 260132
• Uganda’s community initiative helping HIV patients overcome depression - WHO 10.10.21 257656
• WHO Calls for Governments to Fund Mental Health Treatment - VOA 10.10.21 257654
• Nigeria’s law makes it a crime to attempt suicide – there are better ways to prevent tragedy - Conversation 09.10.21 257655
• Lebanon's crisis pushes mental health services to the limit - TRFN 08.10.21 257658
• WHO condemns 'worldwide failure' as countries spend just 2% of budgets on mental health - CD 08.10.21 257517
• Mental Health ATLAS 2020 - WHO 10/21 257653
• World misses most 2020 mental health targets: WHO - UN News 07.10.21 257273
• Stress test: how ‘burnout breaks’ are helping staff recover from pandemic - Guardian 03.09.21 254362
• Podcast: How Simone Biles changed gymnastics on and off the mat - Guardian 04.08.21 251860
• Therapy via Zoom should make mental healthcare available for all – it hasn’t - Guardian 03.08.21 251521
• Mental health memes are everywhere – can they offer more than comic relief? - Guardian 29.07.21 251005
• Simone Biles is forcing us to think about what sporting success really means - Guardian 29.07.21 255227
• Simone Biles exits women’s Olympic team gymnastics final over mental health concern - Guardian 27.07.21 255546
• We expect our heroes to be perfect. Simone Biles is unafraid to show she is not - Guardian 27.07.21 255542
• ‘Never apologise for being you’: celebrities’ letters to their teenage selves - Guardian 13.07.21 254148
• Influencers react to Norway photo edit law: 'Welcome honesty' or a 'shortcut'? - BBC 06.07.21 249379
• Sport loves athletes with mental health issues – if they just shut up and play - Guardian 01.06.21 246355
• The Me You Can’t See review – Oprah, Harry and the perils of A-list activism - Guardian 21.05.21 248961
• ‘Hugging is like medicine, it gives us hope’: friends and lovers on the joy of touch - Guardian 06.02.21 237425
• Influencing factors analysis and development trend prediction of population aging in Wuhan based on TTCCA and MLRA-ARIMA - PubMed 15.01.21 226046
• How the Criminal Judicial System Fails People with Mental Illness - Intercept 26.11.20 227072
• Worldwide campaign to end shackling for people with mental health conditions - HRW 06.10.20 218555
• Productivity at the cost of well-being - idr 19.08.20 216062
• Increasing tree cover may be like a ‘superfood’ for community mental health - Conversation 26.07.19 328435
• Integrated Care for Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness and Medical Comorbidity: EvidenceBased Models and Future Research Directions - MHTTC 6/19 226047
• It's time to end the stigma around mental health in the workplace - World Economic Forum 5/19 205113
• 4 ways to keep the momentum rolling on mental health - World Economic Forum 5/19 205104
• We must match our talk about mental health with action - Davos 2/19 205109
• These are the most effective mental strategies to get through tough challenges - World Economic Forum 2/19 205108
• Wellcome boosts mental health research with extra £200 million - Wellcome 1/19 205112
• How Zimbabwe's grandmothers are turning the tide on mental health - World Economic Forum 1/19 205111
• Publication: Weaving a Community Safety Net to Prevent Older Adult Suicide - NASMHPD 9/18 226052
• Publication: Older Adults Peer Support: Finding a Source for Funding - NASMHPD 8/17 226051
• Publication: Psychological Treatments for the World: Lessons from Low- and Middle-Income Countries - NCBI 5/17 205101
• Get Connected: Linking Older Adults with Resources on Medication, Alcohol, and Mental Health - SAMHSA 5/17 226022
• A Day in the Life of Older Adults: Substance Use Facts - SAMSHA 5/17 226044
• Training Materials for Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC) - HSI 9/16 226023
• Publication: Improving Community Options for Older Adults - NASMHPD 9/16 226049
• Publication: Good Mental Health is Ageless - SAMHSA 12/15 226048