Tag Archive | #Hispanic
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – ‘Why Did This Happen?’: Three Questions We Always Ask About #Suicide
Lipi Roy, MD, MPH Contributor Betty White, Sidney Poitier, Bob Saget, Louie Anderson, Andre Leon Talley, Clark Gillies. From legendary actors and comedians to fashion icons and NHL Hall of Famers, the first few weeks of 2022 have been full of heartbreaking loss. I think I was hit hardest, however, by the death of Regina King’s […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – #American #Teens Are Experiencing A Rise In #MentalHealthDisorders, #SuicidalThoughts
BY JONATHAN TERCASIO by Capital News Service #Mentalhealthdisorders among #American #teenagers have soared in the past fifteen years. From 2007 to 2019, the share of #adolescents who reported having a major depressive episode jumped 60%, from roughly 2 million to about 3.2 million, according to the Pew Research Center. The number of #highschoolstudents in the U.S. […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – #AsianAmerican Young #Adults Are The Only #Racial Group With #Suicide As Their Leading Cause Of Death, So Why Is No One Talking About This?
Amelia Noor-Oshiro, PhD Candidate in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University Racially motivated violence looks like the mass shootings that killed Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Chung Park, Hyun Grant and Suncha Kim in Atlanta on March 16, 2021. Racially motivated violence also looks like #suicide, which is defined as a deliberate act of self-directed violence in order to cause injury […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – Despite #Pandemic-Era Drop, #Suicide Threat Remains
The U.S. #suicide rate declined in 2020, but unequal shifts and the long-term impacts of the #COVID-19 #pandemic highlight how prevention is still key. By Steven Ross Johnson The nation’s overall #suicide rate fell by 3% from 2019 to 2020, even as research has highlighted the #pandemic’s #mentalhealth toll on #Americans. The decline in the nation’s #suicide rate […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – Despite #Pandemic-Era Drop, #Suicide Threat Remains
The U.S. #suicide rate declined in 2020, but unequal shifts and the long-term impacts of the #COVID-19 #pandemic highlight how prevention is still key. By Steven Ross Johnson The nation’s overall #suicide rate fell by 3% from 2019 to 2020, even as research has highlighted the #pandemic’s #mentalhealth toll on #Americans. The decline in the nation’s #suicide rate […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – It’s OK Not To Be OK. Erasing #Stigma Of #MentalIllness Is A Big Step Toward Healing
Chuck Ingoglia It’s no surprise the #pandemic has battered our collective well-being. But it might come as a surprise that the #pandemic has provided an opportunity to restore our #mental well-being. We now finally are engaged in a meaningful conversation about #mentalhealth and substance use challenges, and this change has helped reduce the #stigma surrounding […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – #Seattle-Area #Youth Created This Guide To Connect #Teens To #Multicultural #MentalHealthCare
By Jenn Smith #EducationLab engagement editor #EducationLab is a #SeattleTimes project that spotlights promising approaches to persistent challenges in public education. The #SeattleFoundation serves as fiscal sponsor for #EducationLab, which is supported by grants from the #Bill&MelindaGatesFoundation, #Amazon, #Comcast #Washington and City University of #Seattle. Learn more about Ed Lab. There are a lot of things you can’t […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – What We Misunderstand About #Suicide Among #Black #Americans
Jamie Ducharme #CheslieKryst American lawyer, Miss USA 2019 #CheslieKryst in New York’s Times Square on Nov. 18, 2019 It’s an idea that in one form or another has been repeated again and again. #CheslieKryst had so much. She seemed so happy. She didn’t fit the mold of someone who dies by #suicide. Kryst, an entertainment […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – Pushed By Players, The #N.F.L. Works To Embrace #MentalHealth
#N.F.L. teams have standardized support for #mentalwellness as their players fight social #stigmas and the league’s “just play through it” ethos. By Anna Katherine Clemmons Defensive lineman Solomon Thomas remembers sitting at lunch one day during his rookie season in San Francisco in 2016 and pointing out the 49ers’ team therapist at an adjacent table. “Oh […]
#JamesDonaldson On #MentalHealth – How To Talk To #Children And #Teens About #MentalHealth, #Suicide
By Gwendolyn Glenn A service is being held this weekend for the #student who took his own life at Mooresville High School on Wednesday. The service will be held at the school’s stadium and will be open to the public. The American Academy of Child and #Adolescent Psychiatry and Children’s Hospital Association have declared children’s #mentalhealth […]
