Month: September 2024

Arts and Crafts Improves Your Mental Health as Much as Having a Job, Scientists Find

September 17, 2024

Could arts and crafts help protect the public’s mental health? A new study in Frontiers in Public Health provides evidence that indulging our creative side could provide everyone with a significant wellbeing … Read more

College Students’ Mental Health Improving, More Finding Support

September 17, 2024

by Kim North Shine, University of Michigan, from phys.org — Health Minds Study Shows College Students’ Mental Health Improved, With Decreases in Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Thoughts The latest annual … Read more

NAMI and Leading Organizations Applaud New Mental Health Parity Rules

September 17, 2024

From NAMI.org, September 9, 2024 — Finalized Federal Rules Strengthen Mental Health Parity Protections The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) celebrates a major step in our decades-long advocacy to … Read more

How a Leading Chain of Psychiatric Hospitals Traps Patients

September 2, 2024

By Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Katie Thomas, from the New York Times — Acadia Healthcare is one of America’s largest chains of psychiatric hospitals. Since the pandemic exacerbated a national mental … Read more

AI in Mental Health: Current Smartphone Data Models Show Limitations

September 2, 2024

From The National Institute for Mental Health (NiMH) — The Role of Wearable Devices in Mental Health Monitoring Smartwatches, smartphones, and other wearable devices are transforming how we track our … Read more

‘It can be life-changing’: How exploring ancestry helps mental health

September 1, 2024

By Katherine Wang, from BBC — Learning about ancestry can boost mental health and act as a powerful tool in helping heal generational trauma. I often think about my grandfather. … Read more

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