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Dec 23, 2024 · MindSite News is a new nonprofit, nonpartisan digital journalism organization dedicated to reporting on mental health in America.
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MindSite News writers, editors, contributors and staff. Tiffany Raether, Operations Manager, has a Master’s degree in Depth Psychology with a focus on Community, Liberation, Indigenous and Eco-Psychologies from Pacifica Graduate Institute.She has over ten years of experience in management, with a rich background in digital marketing, operations and project management in the corporate sector ...
A Surge in Parental Deaths Leaves Many Children Grieving Alone
19 hours ago · Greetings, MindSite News Readers, in our upside-down new American era. In today’s Daily, we bring you another story in our Forgotten Children series, one about the surge of parental deaths during COVID and the grieving children left behind – …
Grief in Children: ‘Bereavement Deserts’ Spur Hidden Crisis
17 hours ago · Family photos courtesy of Amanda Joyce Jensen: Top: Jensen family together. Bottom, from left: Marshall Jensen rocking out (his band, the Kismets, won a Battle of the Bands competition in Salt Lake City before his diagnosis); a drawing by Kezman shows how he learned of his father’s death: he came to Kezman as a superhero.
How Climate Change Anxiety Undermines Youth Well-Being
Jan 16, 2025 · In other news… No Filters: A Mother and Teenage Daughter Love Story, a new memoir from writer Christie Watson and her daughter, Rowan Egberongbe, publishes today. Excerpted in The Guardian the book features both authors recalling the same moments, in near parallel, from independent perspectives. A review in the Times describes Watson’s recollections as “a masterclass in humor and hanging ...
Confronting the Immoral Arrests and Mass Detention of …
Dec 18, 2024 · Our positions vary depending on the situations we witness. Sometimes we can cope with what we witness and sometimes we are overwhelmed. Position One (upper left) occurs when one is an aware and empowered witness to a situation that is disturbing in some way. Taking action, and having clarity about what actions to take, goes along with the experience of this witness position.
In The News - MindSite News
MindSite News: Press clips from our 2021 launch to the present MindSite News: A website that reports exclusively on mental health launches this week. Peter Early. PeteEarly.com, October 1, 2021. Hiding in Plain Sight: Finding Healing for Mental Illness. Kee Dunning. Forbes. March 16, 2022. MindSite News, a digital publication focused on mental health news, […]
Mental health giving rises a bit but still too low - MindSite News
Sep 25, 2024 · An Interview with Kristen Ward. Ever since some preliminary research in 2018 from the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy found that only 1.3% of all dollars donated by foundations and philanthropists went to mental health, the sector has been called out for giving too little attention – and too few dollars – to address a critical need.
School Shooting: Beyond Thoughts & Prayers Is Mental Health
Sep 17, 2024 · While it’s common for children and teens who experience a school shooting to have immediate reactions to trauma, such as trouble sleeping or concentrating, only a small portion will go on to develop post-traumatic stress disorder, said David Schonfeld, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician who directs the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
New Findings on PTSD - MindSite News
Dec 13, 2023 · Good morning, MindSiters! A new study may help get to the bottom of why post traumatic stress syndrome is so hard to treat: It suggests episodes of post traumatic stress are processed as happening in real life rather than in the past.