Mental & Behavioral Health

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Sip Happens: The Social Normalization of Wine Moms

Fellow Dani Weissert

Fighting Hockey’s Deadly Toll

Fellow Caroline Dignard

Hormonal Hunger: How Birth Control Drives Emotional Eating

Fellow Kylee Cochran

From Caller to Operator: Kimber King's Journey Through Recovery

Fellow Sean Hagan

Psychedelic Inequality: From Clinical Trials to the American Health Care System

Guest Author Mackenzie Bullard

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05.30.2018 a hand holding a glass tube

Facing the Mirror after Amputation

Initial mirror experiences can be traumatic for individuals who have lost limbs, and trigger a wide range of emotions including self-revulsion, anger, and hopelessness.

Guest Author Wyona M. Freysteinson

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Mental & Behavioral Health
Substance Use

Names Matter in the Opioid Epidemic

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

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Online Addiction and Mental Health

Access to the virtual world provides teens with opportunities to develop emotionally and build friendships, but, for some, positive social interaction can turn into addiction.

Fellow Erin Polka

04.18.2018 Girl holding a folded flag in the snow

Assisting Bereaved US Military Service Children and Spouses

US military duty-related deaths can put military children and widowed spouses at higher risk for complicated grief, PTSD, and depression.

Guest Authors Christin Ogle, Joscelyn Fisher, Stephen Cozza

04.12.2018 Young boy looking sad

What Makes Youth More Likely to Be Bullied?

Children who are bullied are at higher risk for negative consequences. A recent study by Sugimura and colleagues explored whether early social behaviors in school make youth more likely to be bullied and remain bullied over time.

Guest Author Niwako Sugimura

04.05.2018 a garden with a chair and plants

Gardens Offer Refuge to Refugees

Arrive Ministries, a faith-based refugee referral agency, knew that many of their clients were farmers in their home countries, so they piloted a program that converted church lawns into community gardens.

Guest Authors Kari Hartwig, Meghan Mason

03.28.2018 a person smoking a vaporizer

What E-Cigarettes Mean For Teens

Over 500,000 middle schoolers and over 1.6 million high school students currently used electronic cigarettes. E-cigarettes are considered a safer alternative than cigarettes, but "safer" does not mean "safe," especially for teenagers.

Guest Author Jacqueline Rocheleau

03.19.2018 a person sitting on a bench

Local Health Departments Prevent Hospitalizations

Local health departments are well-suited to engage individuals with mental illness due to their low-cost services, high visibility, health promotion activities, and strong community partnerships.

Guest Author Deanna Barath

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