Learning to live after my husband’s suicide | Mental Health
That Easter was particularly hot. As I lay in the inflatable kiddie pool in my dried-up yard in California’s Inland Empire, I squinted my eyes…
Could therapy horses be the solution to Britain’s prison crisis? | Prison
“I was hungover that morning. I’d had an argument with my kids’ mum the night before and got drunk,” says Sam, 31, recalling the day…
How has the medical gender gap been affecting women’s health? | Health
From overlooked symptoms to misdiagnosis, how has the medical gender gap been affecting women’s health for years? Amid ongoing discourse and scrutiny of healthcare systems…
US surgeon general calls for warning labels on social media platforms | Social Media News
The United States surgeon general has called on Congress to require social media platforms to carry warning labels on their effects on young people’s lives,…
Selena Gomez uses her fame to talk openly about mental health
Selena Gomez, photographed at Rare Beauty headquarters in El Segundo in July. (Jessica Chou / Trunk Archive) There are 428 million people who track Selena…
Are places like the Hunter’s Alesco Secondary College the answer to school refusal?
When Emily Large thinks about her time at high school, she can be quite emotional. “When I was in mainstream schools, I had under six per…
Scarred by war children in Myanmar ‘cannot have the life they used to have’ | Conflict News
Ever since she witnessed a Myanmar military air strike on her school in February, kindergarten teacher Mi Hser has been haunted by the memory. The…
Rediscovering our villages in an effort to fight our loneliness
For many in Australia, finding their people, their community, is harder now than it has ever been.Studies show Australians have less social contact than ever before…
My Father, Nour and I: Confronting intergenerational trauma | Saddam Hussein
A refugee from Iraq looks into his family’s past and wonders if his childhood trauma will affect his young son. When filmmaker Wiam Al-Zabari was…
Review: Bergamot Comedy Fest breeds a mix of laughter and lessons at The Crow
The Bergamot Comedy Festival in Santa Monica last week was more than just a comedy festival. Sure, there were lots of funny comedians, but more…
A Bipolar Self-Portrait: Living My Best Life Instead Of Suffering In Silence
I am an author, poet and essayist. I am also a blogger, novelist and screenwriter. I have written over twenty books. I am forty-four years…
Schizophrenia – Modern Diplomacy
Whilst not as common as other mental illnesses, schizophrenia does affect an estimated 24 million people around the world. Unfortunately there is a lack of…
Why are so many young Americans suffering from mental distress? | Mental Health News
The number of young men and women suffering from depression and other mental health disorders in the United States has risen sharply since the start…
Regina King says son is ‘always with me’ 2 years after death
To Regina King, “grief is a journey.” This week, that journey included her first interview about her late son Ian Alexander Jr., who died in…
Opposition concedes that Newsom likely to win on Proposition 1
Gov. Gavin Newsom brimmed with confidence about Proposition 1 in January as he sat in a Costa Mesa Motel 6 room that was converted into…
3 in 4 US teens say they are happy or peaceful without their smartphone | Technology
Survey by the Pew Research Centre comes amid growing push to regulate children’s access to digital platforms. Nearly three out of four teenagers in the…
Will California voters pass Newsom’s Prop. 1 on election day?
California voters on Tuesday decided the fate of Proposition 1, a statewide ballot measure that Gov. Gavin Newsom has championed as crucial to solving the…
Book collection of over 30,000 titles more than words for avid reader Kylie Abecca
Kylie Abecca finds solace in her tens of thousands of books, losing herself in worlds of words as a distraction from her neurological and physical…
Live action shorts: Stories of life death among the nominees
It’s a particular challenge to make a serious emotional impact on a smaller canvas, but the 2024 Oscar-nominated live-action shorts take on the weightiest of…
Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, 81, ‘suffering from dementia’ as team ‘files for conservatorship’ weeks after wife’s death
BEACH Boys legend Brian Wilson is reportedly suffering from dementia. The news comes just weeks after Wilson's wife, Melinda Ledbetter, died at the age of…