Play4min 20secWhen a graphic video can quell unrest but still do harmAugust 28, 2020 4:00 AMBy Riham FeshirAs tensions boiled over in Minneapolis, city leaders and journalists wrestled with whether to post graphic footage of a man killing himself. Newsrooms are trained to use extreme caution when reporting on suicide and to refrain from reporting on the details. But this case tested those principles.
Play3min 50secCDC: Pandemic fuels threefold increase in rates of depression, anxietyAugust 19, 2020 4:45 PMBy Tom Crann and Dr. Jon HallbergDr. Jon Hallberg says anyone who needs help shouldn’t let the pandemic keep them from seeking it.
Play4min 14secSchools ready to address pandemic-driven mental health needsAugust 11, 2020 3:42 PMBy Alisa RothEven before COVID-19, about 15 percent of school-age kids were thought to have a mental health or behavioral disorder, and schools were having a hard time providing enough mental health support. The pandemic has only added stress to the system.
Play5min 02secWhy we grow numb to staggering statistics — and what we can do about itJuly 28, 2020 4:46 PMBy Ailsa Chang The growing coronavirus death toll doesn't provoke the same type of emotional response that a plane crash might. It's a coping mechanism and how our neurons are wired, says psychologist Elke Weber.
Play4min 54secA 'Lost Boy' teaches a lesson for the pandemic: How to be resilient July 26, 2020 7:55 PMBy Malaka Gharib He'd been separated from his parents. He was living in a refugee camp in Sudan. And then a snake bit him. Manyang Reath Kher, now living in the U.S., shares his moment of deepest despair — and how he pulled through.
Play5min 36secThoughts of suicide, other mental health struggles still high for LGBTQ youthJuly 24, 2020 9:11 AMBy Brianna Scott and Sam Leeds A survey by The Trevor Project found that 40 percent of young LGBTQ people have considered suicide in the last year. The pandemic has only exacerbated mental health issues LGBTQ youth already face.
Play3min 48secYour 'doomscrolling' breeds anxiety. Here's how to stop the cycleJuly 19, 2020 8:10 AMBy Lulu Garcia-Navarro So many of us do it: the long scroll through grim news on social media before bed. A cognitive behavioral specialist offers advice on how to stop "doomscrolling" for the sake of your mental health.
Play4min 03secTo improve policing, Moorhead adds a counselor to the forceJuly 17, 2020 4:00 AMBy Dan GundersonMany police departments employ mental health professionals or social workers who work alongside officers and interact directly with the public. The Moorhead Police Department is tweaking that approach — it’s embedding a mental health professional to focus on the well-being of its officers.
Play47min 34secWellness Wednesday: The therapeutic power of musicJuly 15, 2020 1:00 PMBy Angela Davis, Katie Moritz, and Karen ZamoraWhat’s been your pandemic jam? The music or song that lifts your spirits? Listen to this conversation about what makes music therapeutic.
Video chats, driveway dances and dino parades buffer pandemic's lonelinessJuly 15, 2020 4:00 AMBy Joanne Silberner Though anxiety has increased in the U.S. in recent months, a drastic spike in loneliness that psychologists expected hasn't emerged. People seem to be finding new ways to connect, researchers say.