Mental & Behavioral Health

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The Scroll Toll

Fellow Dani Weissert

How Childhood Shapes Young Adult Depression

Guest Authors Ronny Bruffaerts, Kelsi Caywood, William Axinn

Disordered Eating Among Sexual and Gender Minorities

Fellow Heather Sherr

Unlocking Support: How SNAP Benefits Influence Substance Use

Fellow Lia Musumeci

The High Price of Hair Loss

Fellow Heather Sherr

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05.26.2017 Soldiers silhouetted against a hazy sun and sky

Misconduct or Mental Health?

Stigma surrounding mental health in the military remains a major hurdle and can lead to less than honorable discharges, which then increases risk of death by suicide. A bill known as the Honor Our Commitment Act of 2017 would expand mental health care for Veterans.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

04.07.2017 Graph showing disparities in spending on mental health

Investing in Mental Health

International organizations are beginning to prioritize mental health as a serious public health crisis, but current efforts are falling short.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

03.16.2017 Badges of Massachusetts police departments that have joined P.A.A.R.I.

A New Approach to Addiction

Facing a dramatic upswing in overdoses and deaths related to heroin and prescription opioid painkillers, the Arlington Police Department hired a public health clinician to help create treatment and care plans for at-risk individuals.

Fellow Jonathan Gang

03.06.2017 Diagram of microaggressive speech

Dignity in Language for Population Health

Microaggressions are subtle, insidious, and often nearly constant in the experience of individuals belonging to marginalized identity groups.

Fellow Maggie Thomas

03.02.2017 a graph of a disease

Can the News Fuel Stigma Around Mental Illness?

News coverage of mental health in the last twenty years may have led the conversation in a misguided and discriminatory direction, emphasizing violence rather than treatment.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

02.09.2017 Blurry hospital hallway in black and white

Eating Disorder Treatment: Even When it Works, It’s Hard to Access or Afford

Eating disorders, hard to understand and even harder to treat, are often excluded from insurance coverage.

Fellow Maggie Thomas

02.01.2017 Painted mural with figures and the word YOGA

Yoga and Popular Media: Helping or Hurting?

As yoga’s presence in popular media continues to increase, how do media portrayals serve to facilitate or prevent access to the practice?

Guest Authors Elika Razmjou, Heather Freeman, Nadezhda Vladagina

12.20.2016 View down the barrel of a pistol lying on carpet

Suicide: The Least Talked About Form of Gun Death

Suicide is the 10th most common cause of death among Americans, and, in 2013, guns were used for more than half of those deaths. Advocates for gun safety must continue to raise this uncomfortable subject.

Fellow Jonathan Gang

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