by Jessica Peters The 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that over 47 million American adults experience mental illness. According to Mental Health America, more than 10 million adults in the U.S. have an unmet need for mental health treatment. Among Americans aged 10-34, suicide is the second leading cause of death,… Read More »
Brandon Clarke #15 of the Memphis Grizzlies and Zylan Cheatham #45 of the New Orleans Pelicans fight for position during the Semifinals of the Las Vegas Summer League on July 14, 2019 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images) Getty Transitioning into the NBA can be… Read More »
Editorial pages weigh in on a range of public health topics stemming from gun violence. The Wall Street Journal: Guns And The Do-Something Fallacy “Do something!” someone shouted at Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. The shout came during a candlelight vigil in downtown Dayton, where a disturbed young man just hours before had shot to death… Read More »
“We must reform our mental health laws to better identify mentally disturbed individuals who may commit acts of violence and make sure those people not only get treatment but when necessary involuntary confinement,” Trump said during a public address on Monday. “Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun.” Yet mental health experts,… Read More »