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Numbers, Data, and Statistics

WEBIf you’re looking for basic public health information about mental health, look no further than the Center For Disease Control’s (CDC) Mental Health page. This …

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What do Adolescents Think about Their Mental Health

WEBA recent Pew survey conducted among about 1,000 teenagers found that most of them saw anxiety and depression as the top problems among their peers, with …

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Online Diagnosis Tools: Helpful or Harmful

WEBOnline diagnosis tools can be helpful for people with mental illness, particularly those who are cautious enough to seek help and/or feel shame that prevents …

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Mental Health & Changes in Functioning

WEBIn order for mental health concerns to be considered a disorder, the individual usually must present “significant distress or disability in social, occupational, or …

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Healthy Peer Relationships

WEBSometimes it can be difficult as a parent to be sure adolescents and young adults are maintaining healthy peer relationships. Because adolescents and young …

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Mental Health Checklists

WEBMental Health Checklists. Sometimes, we need a physical, tangible option to help us accomplish our goals and put the things that we want to work on into words …

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Sports and Their Effects on Mental Health

WEBAdolescents can be severely affected by the pressures that their coaches, parents, and even their own brain places on them, which can then in turn affect their …

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When Work Affects Your Mental Health

WEBThe SOVA Project is happy to feature this blog post written by one in our team of fantastic SOVA Ambassadors—these are young people who help create …

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Organizations for Mental Health and Youth Around the World

WEBAustralia Youth Beyond Blue (Instagram) is the youth-centered branch of Beyond Blue, an organization that uses their platform to share knowledge and increase …

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Can Schools Influence Stigma

WEBOur environments can have a powerful impact on how we view things, especially in how we view the things about ourselves. Because adolescents spent a lot …

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Asian American Mental Health Resources

WEBMay is both Mental Health Awareness Month and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI for short). The more you think about it, the more …

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A Feminist View on Mental Illness

WEBThis creates a cycle that silences women and ignores their health needs: First, a woman develops symptoms of a mental health condition. Second, she is judged …

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Writing Letters for Mental Health

WEBLetters to Strangers is a youth-led, youth-based organization that aims to help break down the stigma regarding youth mental health and make treatment and …

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Why Your Physical Space is Important for Recovery

WEBLEAD Pittsburgh hosted its first speaker series for FOCUS (For Our Children and Us) this month, addressing topics concerning children’s mental health to the adults …

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Athletes and Mental Illness

WEBOne of the biggest news stories this week centered around Olympian gymnast Simone Biles’ decision to withdraw from the competition, citing her mental …

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Ramadan and Mental Health

WEBThis year, Mental Health Awareness Month overlaps with the Islamic month of Ramadan. The simplest association with Ramadan is fasting: from sunrise to sunset …

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The World Needs More Love Letters

WEBThe SOVA Project is happy to feature this blog post written by one in our team of fantastic SOVA Ambassadors—these are young people who help create meaningful …

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An App to Consider: Mango Health

WEBAlthough we mentioned it in our list of medication reminders recently, we wanted to use this week to specifically focus on the free app, Mango Health. You can …

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Discussing Mental Health Through Memes

WEBMemes have become a method of describing different experiences and aspects of our lives in a humorous way—including mental health. In fact, mental health …

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Monitoring Your Mental Health when Consuming Negative News

WEBBecause of constant news coverage and social media, it’s hard to miss pretty much anything that’s happening in the world. This is accessible the second you …

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What Do All Of These Letters Mean: A more detailed look

WEBRecently one of our team members wrote an article entitled, “What do all of these letters mean?” This article provided a brief overview of the post-nominal letters …

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Can Going to a Different School Impact Your Child’s Mental Health

WEBA recent one-of-its-kind national study looking at the effects of school choice on mental health showed that there was a reduction in teen suicides in states …

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