mental health
Springfield launches youth mental health campaign
The Springfield Youth Mental Health Coalition is starting an awareness campaign to normalize healthy conversations about stress, anxiety and depression for young adults in the city.
How we can help anxious kids help themselves
Virtually every study examining children’s mental health in 2020 and 2021 has found increased anxiety and/or depression, write Elizabeth England and Katharine Covino.
You Can't Outrun Pandemic Grief
Now that things have improved, it’s tempting to push forward and forget about the past, writes Megan Devine. Grief has receded, but it hasn’t left our lives.
Understanding 'Minority Stress' Saved My Life
If it took me years to hear about minority stress as a psychiatrist, writes Chase T.M. Anderson, how many others have never heard of this term?
Online Treatment, Virtual Check-Ins: Dealing With Addiction In A Pandemic
We look at addiction and substance abuse during the coronavirus pandemic and the resources available to those who are suffering.
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Therapist: Trauma Is An Experience Of The Body. And We're All Feeling It
My work as a psychotherapist feels different since the onset of the pandemic, writes Elissa Tosi. Putting my own stuff aside is far from effortless, it’s sometimes impossible.
How To Fight Quarantine Fatigue
We chat with the experts about how the concept of harm reduction might help us approach the future.
Paralyzed By Pandemic Uncertainty? Try This
Without a clear end in sight, psychologist Maggie Mulqueen says this is one of the best tools we can use to cope with the unknown.
Radio Diary: Lessons On Survival And Isolation In Antarctica
Experimental cosmologist Marion Dierickx joined On Point from self-isolation in Cambridge, Massachusetts to discuss what yearly work trips to Antarctica taught her about preparedness, survival and isolation.
That ‘Brain Fog’ You’re Feeling Is Perfectly Normal
Our brains are adapting to acute stress, writes developmental neuropsychologist Molly Colvin. Time warps so that the present moment is elongated. Complex thinking skills, like decision-making or planning, go offline.
Elissa Ely: Finding Inspiration Along The 'Chalk Walk'
In the best of times, it's a challenge to keep body and soul together. (And these are not the best of times.) Commentator Elissa Ely found inspiration in an unlikely...
Comedian Gary Gulman: Mental Health Tips For Sports Fans During Quarantine
Comedian — and OAG favorite — Gary Gulman has been open about his anxiety and depression. And he's got some tips for how sports fans can stay mentally healthy during...
'Back From Broken': Baseball Prospect-Turned-Groundskeeper Overcomes PTSD
In the summer of 1981, an accident ended David Mellor's chance at an MLB career. It haunted him for decades.
11 Things You Can Do To Manage Your Coronavirus Anxiety
You’re doing the best you can to protect yourself, your loved ones and your community by making wise, considered choices. And yet you’re still a nervous wreck. Read this.
My Facebook Feed Is Giving Me Compassion Fatigue. Here's What I'm Doing About It
A desire to communicate is increasingly at odds with the negative effects of information oversaturation, writes Deborah Sosin.
Understanding How Anxiety Might Be Different For Men
Men and anxiety. New studies show that men don’t experience or express anxiety in the same way as women. That could be affecting men’s access to treatment.
Understanding How Anxiety Might Be Different For Men
Men and anxiety. New studies show that men don’t experience or express anxiety in the same way as women. That could be affecting men’s access to treatment.
Stop Psychoanalyzing The President
Instead of evaluating Donald Trump’s mindset, writes Alex Green, we should look at where his actions definitively violate our laws.
The Trump Administration's Plan For Fixing U.S. Homelessness
America’s homeless crisis. The Trump administration’s controversial plan to fix it starts in California. We take it up.
From Super Bowl Ad To YouTube Videos, ASMR Is Giving People Tingles
Lip smacking, turning pages and scratching — they're all part of a phenomenon called ASMR. We look at why millions are captivated by these "brain tingles."