News assesses the health and well-being of nearly 3,000 U.S. counties and county equivalents across the country using dozens of metrics that fall into 10 categories, including population health, public safety, community vitality, equity and infrastructure. [ ALSO: The Worst Communities for Mental...
In October 2021, the American Academy of Pediatrics found“soaring rates of mental health challenges among children, adolescents, and their families over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.” Two months later, Murthy issued an advisory on the youth mental health crisis, emphasizing that men...
Climate change has psychological impacts but most of the attention has been focused on the physical impact. This study was aimed at determining the association of climate change with adolescent mental health and suicidality as reported by Kenyan high school students. Methods This was a cross sectiona...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had implications for adolescents’ interpersonal relationships, communication patterns, education, recreational activities and well-being. An understanding of the impact of the pandemic on their mental health is crucial in measures to promote the post-pandemic recovery. Using a...
From a clinician’s integrative perspective, navigating the detrimental impact of the social, economic, structural, and political factors on the mental health of refugees is a daily experience. Therefore, a collective effort must be made to reduce health inequities. The authors developed a treatment...
In the past decade, there have been extensive efforts in the Western world to raise public awareness about mental health problems, with the goal of reducing or preventing these symptoms across the population. Despite these efforts, reported rates of mental health problems have increased in these co...
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted greatly the mental health of children. We performed a systematic review to better understand the impact of the pandemic
During the pandemic, discussions of adolescents' mental health have focused principally on the direct impact of school closures, distancing mandates, and the resulting social isolation. Against the backdrop of worsening mental health for adolescents and adults alike during the pandemic (Holingue et al...
SM use is associated with higher rates of adolescent depression; however, sleep appears to mediate the relationship. The impacts of bringing a smartphone to bed and self-reported SM use on adolescent mental health may be better predicted via sleep disruption even during a wi...
Probation officers are tasked with supervising the largest number of people living with mental illnesses in the criminal legal system, with an estimated 16–27% of individuals on probation identified as having a mental health condition. While academic re