Child Mind Intitute

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The Current Landscape: A Need for Cultural Sensitivity Children and adolescents in LMICs face severe challenges that greatly affect their mental health, including high levels of poverty, exposure to child labor, violence, conflict, and limited access to education. Yet data on their mental health needs are severely lacking.

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ADDitude

MAY 13, 2025

In research examining eating disorder symptoms among women aged 45 to 61, body dissatisfaction was cited as a key risk factor. In 2024, more than 21% of calls to the National Alliance for Eating Disorders, a support and advocacy organization I founded in 2000, were from individuals (primarily women) age 40 and older. Hooper, S.C.,

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Y ouths are facing a mental health crisis. America has a track record of stigmatizing mental health struggles, particularly the mental health struggles of students with historically marginalized identities. Something obviously needs to change when a child feels this way.

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Kids Mental Health Info

APRIL 6, 2015

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education, and related services to more than 7.5 million (as of school year 2020-21) eligible infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities, including behavioral health disabilities.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 28, 2024

It reeks of colonial saviourism, perpetuating the modern rhetoric that mental health was ignored in traditional societies and that only modern societies, with their enlightened ways of looking at the self and the world, give importance to it and therefore, should serve as the champions of expanding this cause worldwide.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

I have a friend who once said – having met him in a mental health unit – that everyone there had “schizophrenia” but he didn’t. Of course it wouldn’t be such a secret if there was education in schools!! Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on Mad in the UK. And I wasn’t alone. Why wasn’t I told how common it is?

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Child Mind Intitute

APRIL 1, 2025

Mirror is not a replacement for therapy, but a tool to empower youth to take an active role in their mental health journey. “The youth mental health crisis is ongoing, and there’s a clear need for accessible mental health support for teens,” said Harold S.

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Credible Mind

JANUARY 29, 2025

Rethink Mental Health Intermountain Health and CredibleMind Offer Mental Health Resources and Tools Customized mental wellbeing platform to be integrated and offered community wide to boost health equity, promote early intervention, and streamline care access SAUSALITO, Calif.

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Kids Mental Health Info

DECEMBER 9, 2014

There are two ways that a child may be identified as possibly needing special education and related services: the system known as Child Find (which operates in each state), and by referral of a parent or caregiver or school staff. The post How can a parent or caregiver request a referral to special education services?

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Like many family members I was mystified, startled, and clueless about this experience so I turned to mental health professionals for answers. After one difficult night, we went to a local mental health crisis center. Out of fear more than anything else, he made angry statements to a mental health care worker.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A vivid example is that healthcare professionals tend do classify the youngest in a classroom as having ADHD up to twice as often as their older classmates—due to their normal age-appropriate behavior: a stunning but long-known research finding that has insufficiently found its way to a broader audience. S.te.meerman@rug.nl

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

14 Many psychologists do not realise that they have a great advantage over psychiatrists, which is that they are educated with the aim of understanding the patients where they are and helping them with psychotherapy and other forms of support. In 2012, the US Centers for Disease Control reported that 25% of Americans have a mental illness.

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National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW - the

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

These often include mental health challenges, substance use, and the complex interplay between the two. Veterans also have higher rates of mental health disorders than the civilian population, an additional risk factor for substance use disorder development. It instills a deep sense of purpose, belonging and structure.

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Child Mind Intitute

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Ndayiziga will take part in the Carter Centers Climate Change Mental Health Fellowship thanks to the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) as part of its Global Health Initiative (GHI). We are delighted to announce Mr. Avit Ndayiziga as our inaugural SNF Global Center Communicator Fellow.

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Association for Psychological Science (APS)

APRIL 10, 2025

In an upcoming Clinical Psychological Science study, Ryan Yeung, a postdoctoral fellow at the Baycrest Academy for Research and Education, examined this trait in people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In the first study, participants ranged in age between 18 and 83. Mental imagery in psychological disorders.

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The London Psychiatry Centre

MARCH 31, 2025

If your child has been struggling with mental, emotional, or behavioural issues, you may be wondering about Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) Services. These are services that run in areas around the UK to support children and young people with their mental health. Did you know? What is CAMHS?

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Mad in America

JANUARY 11, 2024

Tony, who lives in Virginia near his mother, lost his speech and eye contact at a very early age, when he received an autism diagnosis. This did not stop Sherita from believing that her son was intelligent, as he went on to complete school and higher education with a degree in botany. How has this impacted you and your health?

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World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Dual disorders is the term used in the mental health field to refer to those patients who suffer from an addictive disorder and other mental disorders. His dedication to advancing psychiatric research, treatment, and education made a lasting impact on the field. Author: Prof.

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ACTNow for Mental Health (ANMH)

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Washington, DC ACTNow for Mental Health (ANMH), a non-profit organization dedicated to expanding access to mental health services and supports, fighting mental and behavioral health stigma, and enhancing health equity, commends the U.S.

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Mad in America

AUGUST 10, 2024

It will be easier to dive into the depths of darkness and despair that I went through as a mental health patient if I start with a story of hope. At the age of 41, I was sectioned under the Mental Health Act in the midst of the Covid pandemic in the early autumn of 2020 in the throes of an episode of psychosis.

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Mad in America

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Children grew up in these settings, learning independence and self-reliance from a young age. Education systems prioritize conformity over creativity, training individuals to fit into predetermined roles rather than question the status quo. However, the industrial revolution brought seismic changes.

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Mad in America

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Waking dreams are natural phenomenathat occurwhen people experience dreamlike mental activities while awake. It represents a hybrid mental state on the edge between wakefulness and sleep, where imagination and reality blur. Over the past three years, I have developed a mental wellness practice called Guided Dreaming.

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Child Mind Intitute

JANUARY 3, 2025

As parents, educators, and mental health professionals, we’re all grappling with the impact of technology on our kids. To develop tools that could help identify Problematic Internet Use (PIU) in adolescents from easily measurable metrics of physical health. How much screen time is too much? The challenge?

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National Council for Mental Wellbeing (NCMW - the

APRIL 25, 2025

We are experiencing a severe and sustained mental health workforce shortage in the United States. Shortage probably doesnt carry enough of a negative connotation, frankly; the Health Resources and Services Administration [HRSA] prefers the word crisis.) If we need more mental health professionals to meet the demands of the U.S.

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Mad in America

JUNE 27, 2024

Ameliorating factors like oxidative stress, neuro-inflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction with such interventions may have ‘neuroprotective’ effects, as well more general health benefits. Suitable exercise, mental stimulation and appropriate nutrition can be conducive factors allowing for recovery of healthy brain function.

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ADDitude

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

A 101 on Epigenetics Reading Genes Genes play an important role in shaping a wide range of traits and characteristics, from hair and eye color to susceptibility to mental health conditions. Epigenetic alterations have been linked to numerous poor health outcomes. Sources 1 Edlow AG. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(10):e2129674.

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Child Mind Intitute

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Citizen scientists will use Healthy Brain Network data on physical activity and internet use; competition sponsored by Dell Technologies and NVIDIA New York, NY The youth mental health crisis has many causes, but one rising concern is technology. The internet is a vital tool for education, entertainment, and connection.

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ADDitude

MAY 22, 2025

ADHD can be diagnosed at any age, though it usually emerges in the early grade school years. He is the owner of Bay Pointe Behavioral Health Services and Kaleidoscope Clinical Research. To support our mission of providing ADHD education and support, please consider subscribing. Higgins, Jr.,

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World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

DECEMBER 19, 2023

According to the World Health Organization, War, armed conflict and other man-made or natural disasters cause profound distress and can in some cases ignite or inflame existing mental health conditions. Science, in this time of pessimism and possibly even resignation, is a key facilitator for achieving a better future for all.

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Kids Mental Health Info

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Center at Vanderbilt University focused on promoting the social-emotional development and school readiness of young children (birth to age 5). Offers extensive training materials, videos, and print resources to help early care, health and education providers implement this model.

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Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

An account of the abuse he suffered after being hospitalized in a psychiatric facility at age 15 and the long journey toward joy and awe that followed, his memoir was published this spring by Penguin Random House. So many kids are looking for community at that age. But here you are, this kid. I could go on and on about it.

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Kids Mental Health Info

DECEMBER 9, 2014

A national program that provides comprehensive developmental, early education, and social services to low-income young children (ages 3-5) and their families. The post Head Start Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center appeared first on Kids Mental Health Info.

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Kids Mental Health Info

DECEMBER 9, 2014

CPAC provides free training, support and empowerment for parents and professionals who have questions about the education of their children and students with disabilities, birth to age 26. The post Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC) appeared first on Kids Mental Health Info.

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ADDitude

MAY 30, 2025

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. This proposed NIH-CMS database would reportedly include information from wearable health devices, insurance claims, and online medical records. ” “Both my college-aged and teenage children who are autistic are against the idea of a registry. Kennedy, Jr.,

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Lightwork

MAY 1, 2025

Research shows women develop substance dependencies faster than men and experience more severe health consequences from prolonged substance use. Addressing Mental Health in Women’s Recovery Journey Mental health care plays a vital role in women’s addiction recovery.

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Mad in America

MARCH 4, 2025

S exual sanism permeates the ways our culture talks about and treats the mentally ill, queer people, and, more broadly, anyone who relates or reacts inappropriately to the world and people around them. They have some kind of underlying mental illness condition. How can you tell if someone is sexually deviant?

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Lawyers with Depression

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

True Stories is a series of guest blogs I am running on mental health in the legal profession. She has grown into a more compassionate and well-rounded Certified Health Education Specialist and Mental Health First Aid provider from her experiences with her husband’s mental health issues.

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