Mental & Behavioral Health

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Kidfluencing: Profits Over Protection

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

The Benefits of Quitting Smoking at Different Ages

Fellow Aidan Stotz

Misleading Information About Popular Medical Tests on Social Media

Guest Authors Brooke Nickel, Joshua Zadro

Physician Burnout: When Paperwork Undermines Patient Care

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

How One Child’s Trauma Signals Risk for the Whole Family

Fellow Aidan Stotz

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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

12.05.2016 A student sleeping in the aisle of a library with his knapsack

So Tired You’re Stressed, So Stressed You Can’t Sleep

Early December, with the fall semester finals looming, is one of the most stressful times of year for college students. Studies show that one of the best ways to beat stress is to get more sleep.

Fellow Jonathan Gang

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