How Systemic Racism Impacts Student Mental Health
The research is clear: Racial discrimination is detrimental to youth mental health (Priest et al., 2013; Schouler-Ocak et al., 2021). But what if the American school system was founded upon…
Climate Change Takes a Toll on Mental Health
Depression, anxiety, and anger are only a few of the devastating mental health effects of climate change. Eco-anxiety is a newly coined term used to capture the feelings of stress…
Ramadan Reset: A Mental Health Guide for All
Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, is a time of fasting, prayer, and spiritual reflection observed by approximately 1.9 billion Muslims worldwide (Pew Research Center, 2017). While fasting…
What’s Behind the Inaccessibility of Mental Health Services
The Problem You are one of the lucky ones who has “good” mental health insurance, and there are qualified therapists in your area with openings. But no one will accept…
Maintaining Mental Health During the Winter Blues
The winter months bring frigid temperatures, icy roads, and long, dark nights. For a large proportion of Americans, these gloomy conditions can also create a gloomy state of being. A…
Psychological profiles associated with mental, cognitive and brain health in middle-aged and older adults
Participant characteristics A total of 823 cognitively unimpaired participants from the Barcelona Brain Health Initiative (BBHI; including n = 750 with baseline mental, cognitive and/or brain health data and n = 533 with both…