Category Archives: Mental Health

Emotional education The epidemic of poor mental health which has swept the Western world over recent years has left no demographic untouched. From growing antidepressant use in over-65s and suicide rates peaking in those in their late 40s to 50% of millennials reportedly having left jobs for mental health reasons and children and adolescents manifesting with symptoms increasingly early in life, no age group is immune Continue reading →

GREENSBORO Officials broke ground Thursday on a round-the-clock center the first in the state that is expected to help people suffering from mental-health crises avoid long waits in emergency rooms. Continue reading →

Years before Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell tied the knot, the actor admittedly "wasn't certain" he wanted to be with the virtuous star of "The Good Place." Time Kristen Bell is opening up about her mental health years after revealingshe comes from a line of women with "serotonin imbalance," which she says makes herprone to anxiety anddepression. In a cover story interviewwith Women's Health, the actress, 39, talked about whether she hesitated to come forward publicity about the conditionshe has struggled with from a young age. Yes, for the first 10 minutes, she told the magazine Continue reading →

My Blue Thoughts is a concept that started three years ago, when Lauv, whose real name is Ari Leff, installed simple blue boxes at his concerts where attendees could drop pieces of paper with their thoughts. After each concert, Leff (or his team) would share pictures of the collected thoughts to his Instagram. Leff called it his "compassion project," and envisioned it as a way for people to anonymously air what was on their minds Continue reading →

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The National Alliance on Mental Health says 1 in 5 adults will experience some kind of mental illness in their lifetime. Thursday is World Mental Health Day, and organizations want people to know about services available in eastern Iowa. Continue reading →

Halden, Norway Fredrik Soerfjordmo sits at an Apple computer in a sun-filled print shop, designing artwork to be reproduced on a ceramic coffee mug. In the past sixyears, the 30-year-old Norwegianhasearned a high school diploma, as well asdiplomas in photography, typography and digital tools. Continue reading →

LONDONAs the manager of Dua Lipa, Lana Del Rey and Ellie Goulding, Ben Mawson knows all about the pressures faced by young female musicians today. "The modern climate with Instagram and social media can be extremely tough, particularly for female artists," says the London-based manager and co-founder of TaP Music, which also represents Hailee Steinfeld. He points to the "particularly vicious" online abuse that Del Rey received early in her career as an example of the trolling that his clients have received and says the situation has only got worse as social media has grown in popularity. Continue reading →

ATLANTA One in four. That's the number of deaths from police shootings that involve people with mental illnesses, according to the Treatment Advocacy Center, a non-profit mental health group Continue reading →

MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - Pawnee Mental Health Services hosted their inaugural 'Driving the Dream' at the Midwest Dream Car Collection in Manhattan Thursday evening. Thursday night's event was emcee'd by Dave Lewis, longtime advocate for Pawnee Mental Health Services. Continue reading →

Mental health disorders are fatal, [but they are treatable.] People around you care about you more than you think. Eric Lang, a former Biglaw attorney who now runs his own practice in Georgia, in comments given at a recent talk entitled Confronting Mental Health Issues in Your Profession. Continue reading →