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The Mental Health Generation - The facts show that the percentage of college students seeking mental health counseling grew 29.6 percent between 2009 and 2014. Meanwhile ...

Can We Safeguard the Mental Health of Black Children in a Time of Black Trauma?  - Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, a third generation physician and author, reminds us that Black children are not blind or immune from racism.

UC Davis Arts Study Links Traditional Craft To Mental Health That study found a strong correlation between acculturation and mental health , with second-generation children of Mexican origin born in the US having higher rates of mental disorders and alcohol and drug dependency than their Mexican-born parents. ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Record number of college students face anxiety, depression, mental health problems - McAnear said this generation of college students doesn't necessarily have more mental health issues and pressures. The demands and expectations ...

Mental health crisis looms for gay teenagers  - It warns that a generation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people face a mental health crisis and that the neglect of LGBT issues by schools  ...

Growing crisis in children and young people's mental health demands action - In part these numbers reflect a greater awareness of mental health and willingness to seek help but more is going on than that. These figures are also evidence that the today’s generation of young people are facing unprecedented levels of social pressure leading to serious psychological distress. Our response, as a society, has not, as yet, been anywhere near sufficient to answer this cry for help.

Australia has a once-in-a-generation chance to tackle mental illness  - ADHD is the most common mental health disorder with 7.4 per cent, or 298,000, of Australian children estimated to be experiencing the condition.

War on drugs shifts: Health care law expands coverage for ...  - In what federal officials have called "one of the largest expansions of mental health and substance use disorder coverage in a generation," the Affordable Care  ...

The hidden cost of war: A new generation of veterans are suffering post-traumatic stress disorder - A few years ago he discovered No Duff, a charity dedicated to plugging the gaps in veteran's mental health care, and is now one of 300 volunteers ...