Mental Health

Sports Psychologist Kanyali Ilako On How To Treat Athletes' Mental Health

5:21am June 04, 2021

Noel King speaks with sports pyschologist, Kanyali Ilako about why mental health is just as important as physical health for athletes and should be treated similarly.

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Health & Safety

More Kids Struggle With Mental Health Challenges Because Of The Pandemic

6:59am June 02, 2021

by Jenny Brundin

Colorado Children's hospital declared a pediatric mental health emergency as suicide attempts and psychiatric help-calls for children spike. Kids say they feel stress and anxiety on multiple fronts.

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ESPN Columnist Discusses An Athlete's Obligation To The Press That Covers Them

6:25pm June 01, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with ESPN contributor Howard Bryant about his take on Naomi Osaka refusing to talk to the press then bowing out of the French Open.

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Japan's Naomi Osaka eyes the ball as she serves during the first round of the French Open tennis tournament Sunday in Paris.

Naomi Osaka Reveals Mental Health Struggles — And Other Athletes Rally Around Her

1:27pm June 01, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

Leaving the French Open, the tennis star says she's suffered long bouts of depression since 2018. Top athletes praised her bravery and decried systems that don't give athletes the support they need.

Kelly Hans holds a box of Narcan nasal spray at the county's One-Stop Shop in Austin.

Indiana Needle Exchange That Helped Contain An HIV Outbreak May Be Forced To Close

6:00am June 01, 2021

by Mitch Legan

In rural Scott County, Ind., hundreds of people got HIV from sharing dirty needles. Now the syringe exchange widely credited with containing the outbreak is under political pressure to shut down.

Experts Offer Help For Those Who've Forgotten How To Hang Out

12:37am June 01, 2021

by Tori Bedford

After a year and a half of pandemic life, many people are nervous about in-person socialization. Experts explain the factors influencing our awkwardness and exhaustion, and the best path forward.

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How We Can Acknowledge And Recognize Pandemic Grief

4:54pm May 30, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ari Eisen, co-founder of the COVID Grief Network and Kristin Urquiza, co-founder of Marked by COVID, about their policies for recognizing grief after the pandemic.

Can I Just Tell You: With So Much To Mourn, We Must Allow Time To Grieve

4:54pm May 30, 2021

by Michel Martin

A reflection on the pandemic, the Tulsa Race Massacre and grief.

'Why We Hate' Author On Behavior Driving Recent Violent Attacks

5:18pm May 29, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin taks with Jack Levin of the Brudnick Center on Violence at Northeastern University, about the motivations of people who commit hate crimes and bias attacks.

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Amid Growing Anti-Asian Racism, A Call For More Research Into Its Health Effects

6:00am May 29, 2021

by Angus Chen

Many Asian Americans live daily with the corrosive effects of racism and racialized violence, yet there's very little research funded on Asian American health.