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Children play with a therapist in the pediatric unit of the Robert Debre hospital, in Paris, France
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: Children’s mental health during COVID
Several large stickers are shown on the floor with yellow and black arrows with a person standing on one arrow going the opposite direction.
Coronavirus Conversations
Discussion: The mental health impacts of reopening society
Naomi Osaka, in a tennis hat and ponytail, puts her hand on her head
Japan’s Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from the French Open sparks conversation on mental health in elite sports 
For one of their projects, children were asked to draw two worlds: the reality they live in today and an imaginary world they would like for themselves, and then connect the two with a bridge.
Refugees
A mental health crisis on Lesbos is worsening 
A photo of some of the Grandmothers trained by Friendship Bench who provide mental health advice at the Mbare Clinic in Harare Zimbabwe.
COVID-19
In Zimbabwe, a talk therapy program trains ‘grandmothers’ to lend a supportive ear
A man stands in front of the Skogafoss waterfall in Skogar, Iceland, March 8, 2020.
COVID-19
2020: The year of the primal scream — and other pandemic remedies 
Two people stand at a protest with a loud speaker in their hands.
Health
A therapists’ network supports immigrants, advocates during pandemic 
A veteran is hugged by his son
Health
How to help veterans every day, not just on Veterans Day
A young woman is shown wearing a face mask and backpack while holding a laptop.
Health & Medicine
Discussion: Mental health concerns for students of color heightened amid the coronavirus
A crowd of protesters are shown with a man in the center holding a sign that reads, "Racism is a pandemic too."
Health & Medicine
Discussion: Mental health concerns for young people of color during COVID-19
A boy sits in a living room at a desk and watches a TV with a lesson airing on it.
Education
Math at midnight: Students stuck in US struggle with remote learning at Chinese schools
Norwegian youth sit on the ground while spending time outdoors on a lake.
Lifestyle
Norwegian outdoor living concept ‘friluftsliv’ could be valuable pandemic coping strategy
Demonstrators hold a sign reading "Defund the police" during a protest over the death of a Black man, Daniel Prude, after police put a spit hood over his head during an arrest on March 23, in Rochester, New York, September 6, 2020.
Health & Medicine
Stockholm’s mental health ambulance could help the US rethink policing
Women wearing masks to prevent contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) ride a subway train in Seoul, South Korea, on June 12, 2015.
COVID-19
Past epidemics underscore importance of mental health amid COVID-19
A comic of a sitting man with a black background
Migration
These comics help combat mental health challenges for migrants in Vermont
The sun sits above the horizon over melting ice in the arctic by the ocean in the arctic.
Environment
Is climate change causing us to experience ‘ecological grief’?
A family of men sit on a porch and cry with their heads down.
Health & Medicine
In Nigeria, Twitter therapists and ‘tuk-tuk’ counselors make up for a gap in mental health care
Children hold up signs protesting climate change.
Environment
How climate change is affecting mental health
Young boy entering building from sidewalk
Immigration
‘They didn’t explore the world,’ says physician who cared for toddlers separated from their parents at the border
Shamans, like Tsering Yangzom in the Haa Valley, often treat patients experiencing symptoms of mental illness. She describes them as being afflicted by deities and treats them by invoking mantras.
Health & Medicine
Bhutan, known for its Gross National Happiness Index, comes to terms with mental health crisis
American Icons: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
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Arts, Culture & Media
Depression Isn’t Funny, but These Comics Are
Arts, Culture & Media
Maria Bamford Mines Depression for Laughs
Arts, Culture & Media
Day Jobs: Unannounced Standardized Patient
Woman putting bills in public bus machine, with windshield behind her
Justice
She escaped violence in El Salvador, but there’s little time or resources to heal while seeking asylum in the US
Joe Zevuloni mourns in front of a cross placed in a park to commemorate the victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida, Feb. 16, 2018.
Commentary
10 ways schools, parents and communities can prevent school shootings now
A woman sits on sofa across from man and woman, who each hold infants in their arms. Papers on the table.
Conflict
Residents fled gun violence at a Pittsburgh public housing project. But refugees are still moving in.
Woman against tan background, smiling for camera
Jobs
DACA recipients saw their mental health improve. Now, advocates fear its end will have the opposite effect.
John Green
Arts
John Green talks turtles and teens
Man sitting on bench in front of sweets shop, looking off camera
Conflict
Immigration limbo is a ‘tug of emotions.’ It’s also a mental health issue.
Mental health rally
Global Politics
President Trump, will you make sure mental health coverage is included in the American Health Care Act?
A student speaking in front of a board of post-it notes, with two other students standing nearby
Education
Rocked by suicides, Palo Alto high schools want to make mental health care as normal as eating breakfast
Health & Medicine
Global mental health issues woefully overlooked
An illustration of two children with there mother, hand pointing
Justice
These asylum-seekers are being forced to raise their kids in immigration ‘jails’
Asthma free school zone
Environment
Research from Sweden finds a link between air pollution and mental disorders in young people
mental health doctor
Health
What if mental health first aid were as widespread as CPR? New York City’s planning to do it.
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Books
One boy’s highly illogical behavior: A twist on mental illness in literature
Health
Could Tetris help ameliorate some of the symptoms for those with PTSD?
Metropolitan Police at 2011's March for the Alternative.
Justice
How British police officers keep the peace, without carrying guns
Sebastian Junger, director of the Oscar-nominated war documentary "Restrepo."
Health
Sebastian Junger on PTSD: ‘It’s coming home that’s actually the trauma’
Brandon Ladner. Pelham, Alabama. Ladner's Marine Corps boots sit on a small shelf in his bedroom. Ladner was a US Marine Corps vereran who fought in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. He shot himself inside his living room, and thee bullet remains lodged in
Arts
The things they carried: War photographer marks last steps of vets at home
Children at school in India.
Development
The world is 4 million teachers short. Here’s how to solve that.
Actress Julianne Moore arrives at the 2015 Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto on March 1, 2015. Her portrayal of Alzheimer's in the film "Still Alice" helped spotlight the effects of the disease on women.
Health
Why do so many more women have Alzheimer’s than men?
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Medicine
Fighting the ‘funk:’ How one Kenyan battles her mental health problems by helping others
"Deepali," who lives in Delhi with her parents, was twice committed to a mental institution against her will, even though her doctor said she didn't need that kind of treatment.
Health
One woman in India battles the label, and stigma, of mental illness
An advertisement for "It's OK, That's Love," a Korean TV show that aired this summer and became one of the country's few public forums discussing mental health.
Culture
A TV drama shatters taboos around mental health in South Korea
Conflict & Justice
In Arizona’s wake, gun control for the mentally ill?
Business, Economics and Jobs
Russell Simmons on how you can get rich
Conflict & Justice
This new film looks at the real, enduring toll war exacts on soldiers
Southeastern and southwestern Australia have experienced some of the country’s most severe rainy season droughts over the last two decades (L). These are also some of the country’s most productive agricultural regions (R).
Environment
Faced with dire climate change, denial may actually help Australian farmers cope
Matt Farwell
Conflict & Justice
My simple interview turned into a wrenching look inside the traumas of war
Matt Farwell
Conflict & Justice
My simple interview turned into a wrenching look inside the traumas of war
Health & Medicine
Do men really suffer from postpartum depression?
Conflict & Justice
Was alleged Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev mentally ill?
Conflict & Justice
Culture of Silence: Helping Latinas Battle High Rates of Depression
Global Politics
Survivor of Norway Gun Massacre Running for Parliament
A Psychiatrist’s Encounters with the Mind in Crisis
Health & Medicine
Expert says laws, not funding, biggest obstacle to effective mental health treatment
Global Politics
Suicidal veterans may not be getting help they need
Health & Medicine
Atlanta ad campaign uses obese kids to try and shock parents