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Meeting the mental health needs of millennials

Despite being more open to talking about their mental health, Cora said millennials may not receive the treatment they need because the health care system lags technological advances. Their access ... ... read more

Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?

To the relief of many parents, educators, and clergy members who care about the health and well-being of young people, teens are launching their sex lives later ... sex has gone from something most hi... read more

4 More Ways K–12 Counselors Can Better Reach Their Students by Going Digital

Technology and social media have taken a great leap in the counseling world. Now you can receive therapy through text and video chat, track your mental health ... for school counseling, apps and onlin... read more

Is Screen Time a Serious Threat to Mental Health?

Parents have been concerned ... sent a letter to Apple calling smartphone use a public health crisis, urging the company to create tools for parents to better control their kids' usage and to study ho... read more

ThriveOn Wants To Make Mental Health Care Affordable And Accessible

So much is at stake, both financially and for the one in five Americans who have experienced a psychological issue, that it’s surprising how few tech companies focus on mental health. Now ThriveOn ... ... read more

Students wrap up transformative week at Global Innovation Challenge

These support networks will help high school-aged refugee students ... mental health care providers to increase their cultural competency. The Undividables (Noshin Ahmed, Arsalan Haghdel, Sadat Khan, ... read more

Smartphone use linked to behavioral problems in kids

The study focuses on the mental health ... one-third of their day — nearly nine hours — using online media. A separate survey published last month by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventio... read more

Mental illness running high among uni students

Researchers have found ... university students are reporting higher levels of psychological distress and significantly more than that in the general population," she said. Dr Stallman screened more th... read more

Cronkite School rich in prized professors

ASU Now spoke to all five Pulitzer winners about their careers ... outside the school and security officers might improve students' feelings of safety and support, but we also have a body of research ... read more

The Medical Tricorder: Symbolizing Our Journey From SciFi to the Health Care Model of the Future

As a health care provider ... dental, mental and community health services to 40,000 elementary, middle and high school students. In 2009, we conducted a study that evaluated kids who didn't have acce... read more

Stopping Suicides on Campus

Security guards patrolled bridges around the Ivy League school ... mental health on campus. College students need better access to mental health services, and changing the ways in which we view mental ... read more

A New Kind Of Treatment May Change How We Think About Depression

The ongoing discussion about mental health in the United States has largely centered on gaps in access to care, but — particularly for the nearly 20 percent of Americans who experts say will endure ma... read more