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How Young People Are Using Digital Tools to Help Deal with Mental Health

Health Populi

These dynamics and these young health citizens’ coping mechanisms are captured in the report, Coping with COVID-19: How Young People Use Digital Media to Manage Their Mental Health. During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health challenges have indeed adversely impacted more younger people than people 25 and older.

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America’s Mental Health Crisis Simply Requires Better Mental Care

Electronic Health Reporter

It’s no secret that America’s mental health is in crisis, with more than 7.5% of adult Americans reporting at least one depressive episode per year, according to Time Magazine. The mental health challenges for young […]. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Do Mental Health Apps Sell Your Client’s Sensitive Data to Data Brokers?

Telebehavioral Health Institute

A February 2023 report published by researcher Joanne Kim outlines the results of a two-month study of how data brokers sell sensitive data mental health data collected from mHealth mental health apps. These companies include BetterHelp , Cerebral, GoodRX, Monument, and Workit Health.

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Telehealth Soars in Small Rural School District

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

Donna Robinson is the Wellness Coordinator at Magazine School District’s School-Based Health Center (SBHC) in Magazine, Arkansas. Magazine is a small, rural town with a population size of approximately 800 people. This program focuses on mental health, physical health, nutrition, and dental health through telemedicine.

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Top Therapeutic Techniques (+ Activity Ideas) for Pediatric Mental Health

TheraNest

Child therapy techniques provide kids and their caregivers with the skills they need to work through issues caused by a plethora of factors, including childhood trauma, abuse or neglect, mental health issues, and even autism. . These research-based techniques help the child or adolescent develop resilience and a sense of confidence.

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Black Health Should Matter More in America: The Undefeated Survey on Race and Health

Health Populi

Beyond the COVID-19 virus’s toll on physical health, the pandemic has taken a toll on Americans’ mental health with 22% of all people noting a major negative mental health impact. The public health pandemic has converged in 2020 with the negative impacts of financial stress and mental health tolls.

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My ABCovid-19 Journal – Day 4 of 5, Letters “P” through “T”

Health Populi

The photo is an illustration I cut out of a magazine of people wearing m asks from different walks of life and demographics. The general theme here is that the pandemic is a global phenomenon, and that we humans are very small actors in a very big public health crisis. How to manage risk without complete information on the coronavirus?