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Bonus edition on the off week

Each year, Time to Talk Day is organised by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness to encourage people to come together and have conversations about mental health. So in this post, I’m going to consider w…

Everything feels so heavy. Let's be there for one another.

Winter shifts people indoors and inward. While this may reduce incidental social contact, connection can be maintained through deliberate routines and low-threshold forms of engagement.

Mental health is health 🧠

I have lived on both sides of the therapy room, and I know how much courage it takes to say you need help.

Mental Health Funding is Pure Chaos

Explore 'No Bad Parts' and discover a compassionate approach to healing childhood trauma through understanding your inner parts.

Many parents feel ill-equipped to aid their child's mental health, but studies show that active engagement fosters better connections and helps children in mental health recovery.

The consequences of major policy action

Talking about mental health is challenging, especially for kids. These video games explore mental health in kid and teen-friendly ways.

It’s What You Really Needed, But Never Received

Reading and listening to books has been shown to have many mental health benefits, including increasing empathy, reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease, and reducing the stress associated with social media. Learn how books benefit you—plus ways to include more reading in your day.

Students are struggling with loneliness, stress and wellbeing. Learn how friends contribute to mental health, performance and success in some powerful ways.

When we share our stories and our experiences, we dismantle the stigma and shame that keeps so many silent and hurting.

Child Abuse Survivor - Issue #181

Dr Kaitlin Sanzone discusses tips for creating a safety plan for mental health crises.

Explore healing self-hatred after childhood abuse and discover how to embrace your survival responses and find peace.

Evolution has granted humans the ability to form friendships with strangers. With a little wisdom and intentionality, this natural endowment can be cultivated further.

The Grief Nobody Warns You About When You Start Healing

Australian psychologists discovered why self-forgiveness can be so hard for some – even when we know it might benefit our mental health.

Kindness is often spoken about as a moral choice, a personality trait, or a social nicety. Something we should do. Something that makes us “nice people.” But

Simply looking at visual art can measurably improve mental well-being, according to a new international review of psychological research.

Behavioral health care has surged to represent 40 % of all medical expenditures for U.S. children in 2022, nearly doubling from 22 % in 2011, according to a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers found that pediatric behavioral health expenditures totaled $41.8 billion in 2022, with families paying $2.9 billion out-of-pocket.

An interview & book giveaway with Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly about their new book "Somebody should do something"

The share of people with severe mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals accused of serious crimes has risen steeply. The shift has all but halted the possibility of care before a catastrophic crisis.