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The New York Times By Ellen Barry March 18, 2022 The latest edition of the DSM-5, sometimes known as “psychiatry’s bible,” includes a controversial new diagnosis: prolonged grief disorder. After more than a decade of argument, psychiatry’s most powerful body in the United States added a new disorder this week to its diagnostic manual: prolonged... read more
American Psychiatric Association Wed, Mar 2, 2022 APA is applauding President Joe Biden’s “Strategy to Address Our Mental Health Crisis,” which he announced last night during his State of the Union address.APA leaders said that the strategy elevates national attention to improve the nation’s mental health and devotes federal resources to policies that will ensure millions of... read more
The New York Times By Matt Richtel Feb. 18, 2022 A new C.D.C. study underscored the mental health issues facing teenagers in the past few years. During the pandemic, emergency rooms across the country reported an increase in visits from teenage girls dealing with eating and other disorders, including anxiety, depression and stress, according to new... read more
The Washington Post By Angela Haupt February 25, 2022 The first time Bethany C. Meyers heard the term “body neutrality,” it didn’t sit well. “I genuinely felt enraged — I felt so mad about the idea, I think because I had been trying to get to this positive place with my body,” the New York-based... read more
What does ‘high-functioning depression’ mean? We asked experts.
The Washington Post By Allyson Chiu Feb 17, 2022 After Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst died by suicide on Jan. 30, one phrase dominated the conversation on social media and in the news: “high-functioning depression.” In a statement to Extra, an entertainment news outlet where Kryst was a correspondent, her mother, April Simpkins, said the 30-year-old “was dealing with... read more
How to help a stranger on the street in a mental health crisis
Los Angeles Times By Faith E. Pinho Jan. 19, 2022 You’re walking down the street, and you encounter someone crying. Or perhaps the person seems worked up in another way — screaming at the air or rocking back and forth in distress. A disquieting feeling follows. Do you attempt to say something? Call emergency services?... read more
The Promises and Perils of Psychedelic Health Care
The New York Times By Kat Eschner Jan. 7, 2022 Many recreational drugs known for mind-altering trips are being studied to treat depression, substance use and other disorders. Here’s what you need to know. Oregon is legalizing mushrooms. Ketamine can be delivered to your home. People are microdosing LSD to treat pandemic-related anxiety and Wall Street is pouring... read more
Why Are More Black Kids Suicidal? A Search for Answers.
The New York Times By Christina Caron Nov. 18, 2021 Mental health experts assumed that people of all races had the same risk factors for self-harm. Emergency evidence suggests that is not the case. Joe was 17 when he decided life wasn’t worth living. He was tired of the violence in his Boston neighborhood, where... read more
Darby Penney, Who Crusaded for Better Psychiatric Care, Dies at 68
The New York Times By Alex Vadukul Dec. 21, 2021 She shed light on marginalized people’s lives by examining the contents of suitcases left in the attic of a psychiatric hospital. She went on to become a prominent activist. In 1995, the old Willard Psychiatric Center in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York... read more
What Black and Latina women need to know about dementia
The Washington Post By Carly Stern December 9, 2021 “Can you look at that clock and tell me what time it is?” the neurologist asked. Aisha Adkins sat beside her mother as she peered at the clock hanging above the sink of the doctor’s office. As her mother stared, unable to determine the time, Adkins’s... read more