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Struggling with your mental health after surviving a disaster? Here’s how to look after yourself
There’s the initial shock and chaos in a collective disaster like the deadly and destructive California wildfires. What to ...
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A Mental Health Crisis After a Natural Disaster
Discover how and why natural disasters like the LA fires trigger deep distress and learn practical steps to protect yourself ...
The court system is shot through with addiction, so let’s start dealing with it
National, state and local data show that our crime and child safety problems are driven largely by addiction and mental ...
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Eating Disorders and Trauma: The Missing Link
Eating disorders often mask deeper struggles. One essential question can transform how clinicians treat eating disorder ...
Understanding how racial trauma impacts mental health
In 2022, suicide was the third leading cause of death for Black or African Americans ages 10 to 24. But while Black mental ...
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Police Often Use Force on Black People in Response to 911 Mental Health Calls
Reporters identified almost 5,000 incidents in which people experiencing mental health crises had non-fatal force used ...
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In the LA fires and the N.C. floods, 'CPR for mental health' treats unseen wounds
From Altadena to Asheville, people devastated by recent disasters encountered helpers trained in Psychological First Aid.
‘I saw Mum being killed – I’m a forgotten victim of domestic homicide’
‘Then, he pounced on my mum and started punching her,’ she recalls. ‘He proceeded to take a pen knife out of his pocket and ...