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The statistics are indeed troublesome. There was an alarming 36.6% increase in suicide deaths among Black children and youth, aged 10-24 in just three years, from 2018 to 2021. Between 2011 and ...
A prominent academic psychologist published an article in 2011 that shed light on "the person power problem" in mental health: There are far too many people in need of mental health services and ...
LGBTQ advocates in Peru protested in the capital city of Lima last week after the Health Ministry issued a new law that deemed transgender people as having “mental health problems.”
Stigma and shame were obstacles for seeking mental health services in 85% of African American youth that were formerly in juvenile detentions. [12] In another study, shame, embarrassment, and exclusion were considered barriers to mental health. [10] Stigma and shame is also felt by the mother of African American youth who endorsement the item ...
Spanish women. A 2020 study of Barcelona women compared their anxiety and depression levels during the initial days of lockdown and then 5 weeks after lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results showed that their anxiety levels went from 8.5% to 17.6% and their depression levels went from 7.7% to 22.5%.
World Mental Health Day (10 October) is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. It was first celebrated in 1992 at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental Health , a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries. [2]
Kohli started “Brown Girl Therapy” after switching career paths and becoming a therapist. It was a challenging time for her own mental health, she said, and none of the books she read or ...
Mental illness in media. Mental illnesses, also known as psychiatric disorders, are often inaccurately portrayed in the media. Films, television programs, books, magazines, and news programs often stereotype the mentally ill as being violent, unpredictable, or dangerous, unlike the great majority of those who experience mental illness. [1]