Health News Understanding How Racial Trauma Impacts Mental Health

Online Race-Related Experiences Impact Mental Health in Black Youth

Black adolescents experience an average of six race-related online events daily, impacting mental health significantly. Online racial discrimination, algorithmic bias, and traumatic events are linked ... Read More

Understanding the Impacts of Mental Health

Mindful Mondays. Sponsored by Aspire Mental Health. Over the years, our country has been working towards breaking the stigma associated with mental health, especially as we’ve seen the growing number ... Read More

The Mental Health Cost of Racism

It’s well-documented that racial minorities experience psychosis at consistently higher rates compared to the general population. This mental health condition involves hallucinations, delusions, ... Read More

Trauma impacts mental health. Schools need to be safe, supportive spaces to foster learning

In February 2021, at the beginning of the second year of the pandemic, The Body Keeps the Score shot up to the No. 1 spot on the New York Times bestseller list. The book, which was published in 2014, ... Read More

The Unseen Wounds: Understanding & Healing Trauma

“The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect.” Peter A. Levine “Get over it, everyone goes through some version of it”. “It’s all in your ... Read More

Childhood verbal and physical abuse leave similar impacts, study shows

Cruel words can leave a mark on a child –– and may have as much of an impact as physical abuse, new research has found. People who experienced physical abuse as a child were at a 50% increased risk ... Read More

Study finds nearly half of Australian adults experienced childhood trauma, increasing mental illness risk by 50%

A University of Sydney-led study published in the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry has found 42% of Australian adults—more than eight million people—experienced a traumatic event as ... Read More

Managing the mental health impacts of chronic pain

The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a national organization focused on economic mobility for ... Read More