mental health
Trevor Project CEO Amit Paley Removed From Position After Staff Outcry
He was removed on November 2.
By Brittney McNamara and Versha Sharma
Why Improving Our Mental Health Shouldn't Be a Quest for Perfection
We should expect ups and downs, rather than thinking we've failed when we experience setbacks.
By Ross Szabo
Why It's So Fun to Be Scared
Find out why some people love to be scared — and why others don't.
By Erin Brassey
For Girls With Roots in Latin America, Cultural Pressure Can Mean Mental Health Struggles
"In Latine communities, mental health isn’t really talked about, which is why often we struggle to find ways to cope.”
By Lorraine Avila
Selena Gomez Is “Grateful to Be Alive” in New Documentary Trailer
The first full look at My Mind & Me might make you cry.
By Kara K. Nesvig
Teens in Crisis Are Being Housed in Homeless Shelters
These foster kids needed mental health care. New Mexico put them in shelters.
By Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico and Joel Jacobs, ProPublica
Money From the Anti-Gun Violence Bill Will Go Toward Improving Student Mental Health
Fear of gun violence and anxiety are linked.
By Brittney McNamara
What It’s Like to Be a Low-Income Student at an Ivy League School
There’s no handbook to “navigate the rocky terrain of an extremely privileged environment.”
By Sofia Barnett
A New Bill Would Reserve $100 Million to Help Heal Survivors of Police Violence
Rep. Cori Bush is introducing a first-of-its-kind bill to get mental health resources to survivors of police violence.
By Brittney McNamara
Trying to Seem Perfectly Together Was Eating Me Apart
I felt like I was “running on a treadmill that only goes faster.”
By Caralena Peterson
Why Are Prosthetics So Expensive and Inaccessible?
Prosthetic arms and legs typically cost more than $60,000.
By Francesca Riccio-Ackerman
Black Women in Sports Chose Themselves This Year
Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka, and Simone Biles are showing that mental health is non-negotiable.
By Sarah Micho
stepping back
Jonah Hill Won’t Promote His Upcoming Movies Because of Anxiety Attacks
“I have spent nearly 20 years experiencing anxiety attacks, which are exacerbated by media appearances and public-facing events,” he wrote.
By Savannah Walsh
Apologies
Ezra Miller Is Seeking Treatment for “Complex Mental Health Issues”
“I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior.”
By Chris Murphy
Living and Learning
Beyoncé Confirmed She Will Remove an Ableist Slur From a Song on Renaissance
“The word, not used intentionally in a harmful way, will be replaced.”
By Whitney Perry
The Downsides of High Schools Pushing Start Times Later
California mandated that high schools start no earlier than 8:30 a.m.
By Grace Lee
Why Many Young People Are Rethinking Their Relationship With Alcohol
Sober curious is cool.
By Fortesa Latifi
What If Schools Took Students’ Individual Needs Seriously?
A growing movement is doing exactly that.
By Mary Retta