mental health
Election-Related Calls to This LGBTQ Youth Crisis Line Increased Almost 200%
Queer and trans kids are distressed about the potential outcome.
By Brittney McNamara
Bel-Air Is Exploring Black Experiences of Anxiety Rarely Shown on Screen
Bel-Air is providing a new face to a problem that plagues the Black community, yet is relegated to white people or rich people problems.
By Jerusalem Truth
The Case For Empty Brain Hours
Hear me out, sometimes you need absolutely nothing going on in that little head.
By Elyse Fox
AAPI Youth Have Less Resources for Mental Health Issues Like Eating Disorders
A new survey highlights disparities between mental health needs, receiving diagnoses and accessing culturally competent care.
By Angie Jaime
Eating Disorders in Men and Boys Aren't Rare, But They May Be Harder to Diagnose
The way we've been conditioned to think about fitness plays a big part.
By Derek Beres
How to Keep Your Creativity Alive When You Have a Chronic Illness
If making things is part of your identity, it can feel awful when your symptoms get in the way.
By Anna Borges
You Don't Need to Reinvent Yourself This Year
Elyse Fox explores the value of being still and not constantly focusing on growth.
By Elyse Fox
Mental Health
10 Things to Try When You’re Too Depressed to Get Out of Bed
People who’ve been there share what actually helps on their worst mornings.
By Anna Borges
Mental Health
How to Find a Great Therapist You Can Actually Afford
It shouldn’t have to be so hard, but there are things you can do to make it a little easier.
By Carolyn L. Todd and Casey Gueren
Stanley Cups Are the Latest Attempt to Cure Our Loneliness Through Mass Consumerism
We all do it, but is it right?
By Alyssa Hardy
Graduating From Dead Mom University
In this op-ed, Lindsay Lee Wallace explores grief, and how no amount of success in school or work could protect her from it.
By Lindsay Lee Wallace
Why Your Mom's Eating Disorder Impacts You So Much
Children of a mom with an eating disorder might go on to develop one themselves.
By Anne Taylor
Suicide Rates Among Girls Are Decreasing
After increases over the pandemic, this is a great sign.
By Fortesa Latifi
How I Found Myself
Actor Karan Brar reflects on reckoning the gap between his public and private personas.
By Karan Brar
How To Cope With Watching War Unfold
It doesn't compare with experiencing it, but seeing constant images of war can contribute to vicarious trauma.
By Molly Longman
Britney Spears And The Centuries-Long Tradition of Pathologizing Women's Emotions
In her memoir, I saw parallels between the sexist ideas around Spears's mental health, and the ones that historically were used to institutionalize women.
By Caralena Peterson
Ivy League Schools Have a Responsibility to Support Student Mental Health
“We need more.”
By Sofia Barnett
Why Students Want Mental Health Check-Ins At School
Students weigh in on how schools can help support their mental health.
By Ellen M. Burstein