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Nov 08

LGBTQ+ youth calls to mental health crisis line spiked by 700 percent after Election Day

By Orion Rummler, The 19th

When the presidential race was called for Donald Trump in the early hours of Wednesday, calls and texts to a leading LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention organization exploded in a massive outpouring of anxiety over the election results.

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Oct 20

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Study finds LGBTQ+ youth mental health suffering in states with anti-trans laws

By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson

This past week, the Texas attorney general sued a pediatrician for violating the state’s ban on gender-affirming care, enforcing that law for the first time. More than half of U.S. states now have laws targeting transgender people. Ali Rogin speaks…

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Aug 30

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How the U.S. insurance system makes finding mental health care difficult

By Stephanie Sy, Layla Quran

More than one in five adults in the U.S. live with a mental illness, but only about half receive treatment. Many struggle to find a therapist that will accept their insurance. An NPR/ProPublica investigation found that therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists…

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Aug 28

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Surgeon General addresses growing stress and mental health struggles facing parents

By Geoff Bennett, Stephanie Kotuby, Murrey Jacobson, Alexa Gold

As most parents will attest, raising children can be challenging. But today, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory, saying it’s even more difficult now and it's time to recognize the stress and mental health toll associated with parenting…

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Jul 29

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Olympian Apolo Ohno on the pressure to compete and prioritizing mental health

By Amna Nawaz, Karina Cuevas, Laura Santhanam

Millions of people are closely watching the performance of Olympic great Simone Biles as she competes for gold. Biles has also helped open the door wider to conversations around mental health and the incredible pressure to compete. Amna Nawaz discussed…

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Jul 29

The advice mental health experts give experienced Olympians

By Laura Santhanam

Athletes are increasingly weighing their own mental health against the demands of sport and pressure to perform, including those who have entered the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

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Jul 25

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Black Americans struggle with lack of mental health care access in communities

By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Mekhi Hill

There is a troubling rise in suicide deaths among young Black Americans. One of the drivers of that crisis is a shortage of mental health providers. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Chicago for our series, Race Matters. A warning:…

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Jul 24

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More young, Black Americans taking their lives amid lack of resources, study finds

By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Mekhi Hill

For years, experts have warned about a growing mental health crisis among America’s young people. But within that trend, there are important signals about racial disparities. Between 2018 and 2022, the suicide rate among Black youth rose by more than…

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Jul 23

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Developers claim AI can help combat loneliness, but critics say it can’t be trusted

By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes

There have been amazing advances in artificial intelligence with software and robots that listen and respond to human conversation with a kind of realism rarely seen before. That's both exciting and disturbing to experts about what it can mean for…

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Jul 23

Olympians have more access to resources after Biles, Osaka and Phelps spoke up about mental health

By Howard Fendrich, Eddie Pells, Associated Press

Athletes heading to the Paris Olympics have more access than ever to resources in the once-taboo realm of mental health and many sound more willing than ever to use them.

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