Mental Health

The Mental Health Burden Of Sports Press Conferences After Losing

5:12pm May 28, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rod Benson, retired basketball player and columnist for SFGATE, about the mental health of athletes and the future of sports press conferences.

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Medical attendant Gurmesh Kumawat prepares to administer supplemental oxygen to a coronavirus patient in the emergency ward at the BDM Government Hospital in mid-May in Kotputli, India.

COVID-19 Has Pushed India's Junior Doctors To Their Limits

2:55pm May 26, 2021

by Lauren Frayer

They're treating as many as 200 patients a day. Many have seen more suffering than they expected in an entire career. A psychiatrist warns this will be "a generation of doctors who are traumatized."

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N.Y. Hospital, Schools Aim To Improve Kids' Access To Mental Health Provider

7:21am May 26, 2021

As rates of anxiety, depression and suicide in children have been rising in recent years, only 20% of kids have access to mental health care. To change that, a hospital joined with school districts.

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Health & Safety

As Life Begins To Return To Normal, Psychologists Say Expect Anxiety

6:19am May 25, 2021

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Many parts of the U.S. are opening up and people are returning to some sense of normalcy. The transition, however, is coming with a mixed bag of emotions, including high anxiety.

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Prince Harry allows himself to be filmed while going through therapy in his new, Oprah co-created TV series, The Me You Can't See.

Oprah And Prince Harry On Mental Health, Therapy And Their New TV Series

8:33am May 22, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry about their partnership and deep dive into mental health in their new series, The Me You Can't See, on Apple TV+.

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Education

Guilford County Schools Aims To Get More Kids Enrolled In Summer School

3:00pm May 21, 2021

by Keri Brown

Children In Gaza Suffer Trauma After Repeated Cycles of War

4:22pm May 20, 2021

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Hozayfa Yazji of the Norwegian Refugee Council about the children who have been killed in Gaza — some of whom had been receiving therapy for trauma from prior conflicts.

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As people begin to re-emerge from over a year of isolation, there's a lot to navigate and re-learn.

Feeling Anxious About Returning To Post-Pandemic Society? You're Not Alone

3:22am May 20, 2021

As people start to re-emerge from isolation, there's a lot to navigate and re-learn. Dr. Lucy McBride and theologian Ekemini Uwan field questions from listeners about how to navigate our new reality.

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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, speaks virtually during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing in March.

Facebook Calls Links To Depression Inconclusive. These Researchers Disagree

4:10pm May 19, 2021

by Miles Parks

The company has reached out to a number of researchers in recent months, though those same researchers are skeptical about the company's motivations.

Oakland City Vice Mayor and Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan says sending police to mental health and behavioral calls they aren't trained for is a mistake cities keep repeating.

National

Oakland Becomes Latest City Looking To Take Police Out Of Some Nonviolent 911 Calls

4:24pm May 18, 2021

by Eric Westervelt

The city's fire department will oversee the pilot project that aims to pair an EMT with someone with lived experience in the mental health, addiction, criminal justice or homeless services systems.