A Trans Teen No Longer Feels Welcome in Florida. So She Left.
Posted onJosie sensed Florida lawmakers were threatening her health care and ability to be herself at school. So she left. Families of other trans youth are plotting exits as well.
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When College Athletes Kill Themselves, Healing the Team Becomes the Next Goal
Posted onSuicide is the second-leading cause of death among college students. Contrary to conventional wisdom, athletes aren’t immune from the risk factors. Players at Stanford University, the University of Wisconsin, and other colleges are learning how to protect their mental health and ask for help after their teammates killed themselves.
Mental Health Care by Video Fills Gaps in Rural Nursing Homes
Posted onIn-person mental health care is hard to arrange in rural nursing homes, so video chats with faraway professionals are filling the gap.
Virtual or In Person: Which Kind of Doctor’s Visit Is Better, And When It Matters
Posted onWhile there are no hard-and-fast rules about when to opt for a telehealth visit versus seeing a doctor face-to-face, physicians offer guidance about when it may make more sense to choose one or the other.
Guns Are the Biggest Public Health Threat Kids Face. Why Aren’t They Getting the Message?
Posted onToday’s public service announcements on gun safety feel somewhat sanitized. It’s time to act with the same kind of visceral public campaign that helped de-glorify smoking. Would filmmakers commit to making action movies without guns, just as filmmakers stopped making smoking glamorous in films?
Mass Shootings Reopen the Debate Over Whether Crime Scene Photos Prompt Change or Trauma
Posted onAfter almost every mass shooting, a debate is renewed over whether to publish the photos of the carnage the guns have inflicted.
Fentanyl in High School: A Texas Community Grapples With the Reach of the Deadly Opioid
Posted onThe first fentanyl-related deaths of students in an area south of Austin, Texas, were reported over the summer. The school district, parents, and students are trying to deal with the aftermath.
Family Caregivers Find Support on #dementia TikTok
Posted onThe TikTok hashtag “dementia” has billions of views. Caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias have been using the site to swap tips and share the burdens of life with dementia.
Watch: What Experts Advise for Seniors Living Under the Long Shadow of Covid
Posted onFor older people, the pandemic is as taxing and worrisome as ever. Experts in geriatric care, mental health, social services, and infectious disease joined a KHN-Hartford Foundation panel to talk about a third covid winter and its outsize toll on seniors.
Mental Health Crisis Teams Aren’t Just for Cities Anymore
Posted onIn many cities, social workers and counselors are responding to mental health emergencies that used to be solely handled by police. That approach is spreading to rural areas even though mental health professionals are scarcer and travel distances are longer.