Report Shows Effects on Workers of the Pandemic and an Unprepared Business World The American workplace was unprepared for the COVID-19 pandemic and the effect it would have on workers. That is a key take-home point from this year’s Mind the Workplace report by Mental Health America. In 2020, workers were more stressed than ever, […]

In Poetry and Essays, Revealing and Normalizing Mental Illness Indian poet and author Urvashi Bahuguna has written No Straight Thing Was Ever Made, a collection of essays that forms a memoir that reveals her experience with mental illness with depth and clarity. A review by Sana Goyal that is as personal as the book that […]

Oliver Sacks was famous for 13 books on brain differences and disorders, one of which, “Awakenings,” was later made into a movie starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro. Yet he and his family of brilliant doctors struggled to help a brother who was mentally ill. Sacks, one of the most prominent neurologists of the […]

People Want to Improve Mental Health by Exercising But Are Blocked by Stress and Anxiety, Research Shows A mindset of some exercise is better than none, and lowering intensity when feeling anxious are part of a toolset toward mental and physical health HAMILTON, Ontario, April 12, 2021 — New research from McMaster University suggests the pandemic […]

Here’s the Mental Health Legislation Florida Lawmakers are Considering Across the Florida, early data shows troubling indicators like drug overdoses and incidents of violent domestic abuse are trending up. In a state that already ranks last in per capita mental health funding, experts and lawmakers fear an overwhelming post-pandemic demand for services. Experts quoted in […]