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Kids’ Mental Health Is a ‘National Emergency.’ Therapists Are in Short Supply.
At the beginning of the year, I started hearing from readers across the country that there were long waiting lists for child and adolescent mental health providers. Many of their kids were really struggling, often
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Self-Injury: Can the Internet Play a Positive Role?
Anywhere between 17% and 38% of adolescents and young adults engage in behaviors of nonsuicidal self-injury, defined as “the deliberate, self-inflicted damage of body tissue without suicidal intent.” These behaviors, which might include cutting, scratching
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What Psychologists Want Today’s Young Adults to Know
Satya Doyle Byock, a 39-year-old therapist, noticed a shift in tone over the past few years in the young people who streamed into her office: frenetic, frazzled clients in their late teens, 20s and 30s.
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Myths About Abortion and Women’s Mental Health Are Widespread, Experts Say
It’s an unfounded message experts say is repeated again and again: Having an abortion may damage a woman’s mental health, perhaps for years. “There’s so much misinformation, so many myths about abortion. Abortion will lead
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Predictive Modeling Could Help Put Patients With Depression on the Right Path
Precision medicine, informed by predictive modeling, offers a promising avenue for helping patients and practitioners decide on the right combination of medication and therapy.
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Shared Suffering
Ukrainians are trying to confront the war’s psychological wounds even as the battles wear on. … Kate Pokrovskaya, a 39-year-old psychotherapist, was asleep at her home in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24 when she and
