Mental Health
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Report Suggests There is a Mental Health Crisis on College Campuses
Anyone who pays attention to the unhinged behavior of some college students over the last couple of years will find this easy to believe.
NPR reports:
College Students (And Their Parents) Face A Campus Mental Health ‘Epidemic’
As colleges and universities across the country report an explosion of mental health problems, a new book...
Report: Anxiety Among Economics Ph.D. Students Comparable to Incarcerated Populations
Who knew studying economics was such a downer?
Inside Higher Ed reports:
A Very Mixed Record on Grad Student Mental Health
From impostor syndrome and other feelings of being out of place, to periods of isolation and to constant short- and long-term deadlines, graduate school presents serious potential challenges to students’ mental health. There’s...
If you are active on social media, are you happier now than before social media?
Two recent high profile suicides have led to a lot of discussion about how suicide rates have been rising for the past 20 years.
The issue of why also has been discussed a lot, and...
The Fruit of Our Current Culture is Death: Suicide Rates Rising at Alarming Rate
The CDC released a heartbreaking and incredibly concerning report Thursday. The national suicide rate has climbed 25% since 1999. But that’s just an overall average.
North Dakota has witnessed the most tragic climb in suicides at 57.6%. Vermont has seen a 48.6% increase, Utah? 46.5%. Other states whose suicide rates have...
Sesame Street Will Introduce Julia, an Autistic Muppet
Well-loved educational children’s show Sesame Street will soon introduce a new character.
Julia will join the Sesame Street crew as the show’s first autistic muppet. While the distinction is noteworthy and needed, the show’s writers hope Julia will be a seamless part of the cast.
“I would love her to be not Julia,...
What We Know About the Fort Lauderdale Shooter
Mary wrote yesterday about the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood international airport that killed five and wounded eight others. Details are now being released about the shooter, Esteban Santiago, and it appears that he had a history of mental health problems and was under psychiatric care.
The Broward County Sheriff’s office has...
House Bill Allows AG to Grant Money For Human Tracking Devices
This little bill flew under the radar, didn’t it? While the Democrats deal with infighting and President-elect Donald Trump chooses his Cabinet, the House of Representatives quietly passed H.R. 4919, also known as Kevin and Avonte’s Law.
This law allows the at...
VA Defies Law Requiring Performance Data Be Made Public
Although we haven’t heard much about it recently, the VA scandal is very much alive and well. The National Review published an article about the wide-ranging problems with the VA in April of this year. Here’s a quick reminder, neatly encapsulated in NR’s review of VA-related stories:
The Veterans Affairs–scandal headlines speak...
“Progressive Education”: Children Color a Unicorn to Match Their “Gender Identity”
The progressive left is apparently intent on confusing and traumatizing children when it comes to “gender identity.” The latest example of this mission is a unicorn coloring exercise in which children are asked to color their unicorn to match the gender they “feel” is their own.
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
“Gender Unicorns”...
Will Ferrell Withdraws from Reagan Alzheimer’s “Comedy”
Thursday, we blogged about actor Will Ferrell’s reported plans to play Ronald Reagan in a “comedy” about Reagan’s Alzheimer’s plight.
Despite movie media reporting to the contrary, Reagan wasn’t diagnosed with Alzheimer’s until after he left the White House.
President Reagan’s daughter and son both spoke about against plans to make film. Patti...
