Addiction in Immigrant and Latino Populations
Language a Barrier to Reaching Latino Populations for Mental Health Services
Immigrant Latinos are healthier, physically and mentally, when they arrive in the U.S. than later, research finds A dearth of Latino health-care professionals hurts.
New Insights into Alcohol Use Disorder
Alcohol Use Varies Widely, But Only About 20% Get Addicted. What Are the Drivers?
A family history of alcohol use disorder is the most important risk factor. A top addiction doctor details the latest research.
The Brain Disease Model of Addiction
Recognizing Addiction is a Disease Has Led to Advances in Treatment
A person experiencing a heart attack is treated with respect by society. A person experiencing addiction generally isn’t. Do we need a culture shift?
Marijuana Use Increases Risk of Psychosis and Other Ills
As Cannabis Use Rises, Data Reveal Risk to Developing Brains
Marijuana is America’s most popular illicit drug, and users contend it is harmless and non-addictive. Research shows otherwise – particularly for still-developing adolescent brains. Heavy use is correlated with worse life outcomes.
Mental Anguish in the Pandemic Workplace
Interplay Between Physical and Mental Health Critical for Employers to Understand. What to Do?
Even before the pandemic, mental health problems were costing businesses up to $200 billion a year in absenteeism, lost productivity and physical ailments. A Johns Hopkins mental health expert says a well-designed health system would yield a huge return on investment for employers.
How Poverty and Trauma Affect Brain Development
Early Stress Can Have Lifelong Effects on Brain and Body Health
A “revolution” in research is uncovering the connections between poverty, racism and hunger in children and long-term behavior and health outcomes.
For Rural Americans, Mental Health Gaps Real and Dangerous
COVID-19 Exacerbates Longstanding Problems, Say Winners of NPF’s Mattingly Award
In a small Colorado town, a police officer shot a man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. Two reporters explain what it taught them about mental health in rural America.
How COVID-19 Could Affect Mental Health and Suicide
Stress, Isolation and Economic Distress Often Lead to Suicide – Making Coronavirus a Risk
Experts are worried about a potential increase in suicide as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps around the world. But they’re hopeful the risk can be mitigated.
Reporting on Childhood Trauma
What Happens When a Child Sees Constant Violence?
New Orleans journalists explore the long-term impact of violence on children in a poor neighborhood.
Reporting on Trauma and Its Impact Over Time
Mental Health Aspects of Economic Downturn
Reporter John Schmid describes his award-winning work tracing generations of trauma from Milwaukee’s economic collapse.
Approaches to Mental Health in the Workplace
Millennials Face Challenges Discussing Mental Health in the Workplace
uLead and The Luv u Project are working to elevate the conversation around mental health in the workplace and to fight stigma.
How Mental Health Treatment Has Evolved Over 40 Years
From Large State-Run Institutions to Community Services, Care for Mentally Ill Has Changed Dramatically
The director of the association for state mental health program directors grew up around psychiatric hospitals and has seen their transformation.
Infusing Journalism with Solutions
Rather than Just Reporting on Problems, Journalism Can Be Enhanced by Discussing Fixes as Well
Three journalists give advice on how to write about mental health and behavioral health problems that can be addressed with specific remedies – too many of which are ignored.
What’s at Stake as Washington Tackles Mental Health?
Repealing Obamacare Not the Only Mental Health-Related Item on Agenda
The leader of a major behavioral health organization worries as funding and rules for treatment of mental illness and substance use disorders are in flux.
Few Resources Go Toward Behavioral Health
Changing the Conversation About Behavioral Health Spending
Head of American Psychological Association says community services and treatment can work, if given the chance.
How Mental Health Language Impacts Stigma
Words Matter, and Journalists Can Boost Understanding of Mental Illness by Using Them Properly
A journalism fellowship focused on mental health sees big improvements in how the media report on mental illness. Here’s why it makes a difference.
Reporting Tips for Investigating Private Hospitals
Document Trail and Hundreds of Interviews Behind Award-Winning Project
Rosalind Adams of BuzzFeed News describes dogged reporting that revealed questionable practices at the nation’s largest private psychiatric hospital chain.
Mental Health Reporting Award Goes to BuzzFeed News
Winning Project on For-Profit Psychiatric Hospitals
BuzzFeed News reporter Rosalind Adams investigates psychiatric hospitals’ questionable treatment of mentally ill patients.
Mental Health ‘First Aid’
Advocate for behavioral health issues is working to advance ‘mental health first aid’ policies, as well as other policies such as mental health courts.
Changing Model in Psychiatric Hospitals
New Office of Forensic Services in Washington is rethinking how to properly guide treatment to get criminal suspects care and to help them return to the community.
Mental Health and Phone Apps
Harvard expert says some new mental health phone apps – as well as other potential breakthroughs – might be less than advertised.
Changing Social Norms Around Behavioral Health
Head of federal agency urges media and public to rethink their perceptions on mental health and substance abuse.
With Mental Health, Words Matter
Advocates Help Journalists Ease Stigma Caused by Mental Illness
Media practices have changed over time but too often still treat those with mental illnesses as ‘people over there.’
Mental Health on Capitol Hill
Advocate for mental health reforms says Congress is moving on legislation, although typical Washington roadblocks remain.
Veterans and Mental Health
VA System Treating Veterans, Both Older Generations and Young
As veterans returned from Iraq and Afghanistan, they encountered a health system that seeks to integrate physical and mental needs.
When Mental Health Hits Home
Jails Have Become De-facto Psychiatric Hospitals, Upending Families
For author and journalist Pete Earley, the failings of American mental health system were very real when his son had a psychotic break.
How to Report on Suicide
Media Helped Develop Guidelines on Suicide Coverage
A handful of the 42,000 suicide deaths each year involve celebrities and VIPs. Here are tips on how to responsibly report on them.
Understanding Mental Health and Brain Disease
A New Way of Looking at Mental Illness Drives Federal Research
A top official from the National Institutes of Health describes how thinking about psychiatric illness has changed – as have research dollars to study it.
Counties “Stepping Up” on Mental Health
Counties Working to Assess Jail Populations for Mental Health
As jails continue to fill with the mentally ill, counties are beginning to take a pledge to screen and treat suspects.
Mental Health Disparities by Race
Racial Differences Are Wide in Treatment for Mental Health Services
Psychiatrist and researcher searches for ways to better connect and treat African-American teens dealing with mental illness.
When Hospitals Become Jails
As State Psych Hospitals Downsized, New Care Options Filled the Void – Sometimes
The shift in mental health delivery has resulted in a greater share of the remaining patients being sent there by the courts.
Reporting on Antidepressants
Journalists Researching Drugs Should Be Wary of Statistical Traps
Mental Illness Pervades Jails and Prisons
$15 Billion Price Tag for Keeping Mentally Ill in Jail
Crisis intervention training can keep the mentally ill out of the criminal justice system – and into treatment.
Precision Medicine and Psychiatry
Precision Medicine and Dementia
