The fact that we hear more about autism now, Professor Roy Richard Grinker writes, speaks to scientific advancements, including early detection, better education, and improved therapies.

💔 Tips for getting over an unrequited crush: Try to keep them out of your life, and try not to indulge in fantasy thinking. Replacing the urge to focus on them with new goals can help you recognize limerence as a mental process rather than fate, returning agency into your hands.

Minnesota has made big strides in building a system of mental healthcare for its schools – today, 61% of #Minnesota schools and 82% of districts offer access to free or reduced-cost support.

Lee Hammock hadn’t thought of himself as a #narcissist until his wife shouted the word at him... after googling the word and finding it described him “pretty accurately,” he dug deeper, investigating whether he truly was a narcissist, and if so, how it might have affected his life.

Every day for a solid year, Krystal Nice would check the Social Security Administration website at 5:15am for updates. She had applied for disability benefits in April 2024, but kept waiting for a decision. @pubhealthwatch.bsky.social

🐈 “No, honey, it’s a dog; you were right from the beginning. And just remember: You can trust yourself and your good mind and what you see in front of you. So don’t ever let anybody, even your dear old dad, tell you a dog is a cat.”

More than three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of #Ukraine, the French game pétanque has become an unlikely, but important, source of relief for Ukrainian seniors. bit.ly/4gzMGhI

Therapist Jessica Romero’s patient saw two men abducted in front of their apartment in broad daylight and froze out of fear. Psychiatrist Erica Lubliner works with a parent whose child sobs for fear his dark skin makes him a target of immigration agents. bit.ly/3IuDC0V

For decades, the country has been moving away from long-term residential psychiatric institutions in favor of community-based treatment. That progress is now under threat.

Adventurous Construction Playground Kolle 37 is a massive, unconventional playplace replete with hand tools, wooden forts, an old car now suited as a den, off-axis swings, and even fire pits. It’s also just for kids; parents can only visit on Saturdays. bit.ly/42oZotG

The people most enthusiastic about #Minecraft therapy are exactly who therapists struggle to reach – pre-adolescent boys. Typically, this age group is the least engaged, the least open with feelings. But they never miss a Minecraft session and are among the most animated and engaged. bit.ly/42aWtoH

The Trump administration has buried a shocking surprise for student loan borrowers in its so-called Big Beautiful Budget Bill. If part of your student loan was forgiven, you may find a “tax bomb” in a future tax bill that requires you to pay taxes on the amount that was forgiven. bit.ly/4mLZnIv

Research shows that weighted blankets improve sleep in people with certain mental health conditions, Craig Jackson, professor of occupational health psychology at Birmingham City University, writes in @us.theconversation.com. bit.ly/4lXdb1w

Last year, 169 police officers who received crisis training used force at least once during a mental health-related incident in #Chicago.

Unlike most Chicago police officers, the Thresholds team tries to give individuals a concrete safety plan. While police may default to hospitalization or arrest, Manuel Meza said his team rarely has to take that step.

In front of the teal blue door that she used to walk through every day, eleven bullet holes served as a haunting reminder of the night this January when four police officers stepped off an elevator and shot Timothy Glaze 16 times. He was in the midst of a mental health crisis. bit.ly/4lT6AW4

When Janette Bass, a petite, 59 year-old white woman, unlocked the entrance to her condo, she also opened another door: one that led her to being taken against her will to a hospital ER for a psychiatric evaluation based solely on the decision of a police officer. bit.ly/4n2h9a4 @invisible.institute

There are ways we celebrate when someone heals from a severe illness – we might congratulate those in remission from cancer, or maybe even throw them a big party. A person who was sick is now free from disease and all, we assume, must be well. But often, that isn’t true.

Today’s kids spend way too much time on screens. But child psychology experts say it’s not only because social media is addictive.

Detroit cosmetologist and CEO of Inspiring Hair, Niesha Lee, hosts a free salon for the unhoused, donating her services each week at #Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries Genesis House II shelter. bit.ly/3JuGr2f

More than half of high school aged respondents to a survey conducted in Canada agreed that “I need to be perfect,” affirming the results of a 2024 #Gallup poll distributed to US high school students that found one-third of US teens feel the same way.

Black families have just a fraction of the wealth of white families. Specifically, about one sixteenth: households with a white homeowner or renter hold 80% of the country’s #wealth; Black householders have less than 5%.

Veterinarians have a tough job. Besides patients sometimes inclined to bite them, many face harassment and bullying from pet owners. Experts say compassion fatigue is common, and many practitioners also have hefty student debts.

“I believe in mental health, but it’s ingrained that my family does not believe in mental health. They don’t believe in therapy. They don’t believe in well-being, and stuff like that." #hopelab #mentalhealthstigma #mentalhealth

There is help available for people who suffer from hoarding. At #Stanford, psychiatrist Carolyn Rodriguez is leading research on an innovative, virtual reality-based treatment for HD. bit.ly/4mcePgJ

Why wait? 🤔 People tend to believe the future holds more energy and time for the things they want to experience.

What appear to be intractable mental disorders might, in some cases, have treatable underlying causes. bit.ly/4oyk7VI

Character Technologies, another generative AI company, is currently facing a lawsuit from a mother in Florida who says that their Character.AI chatbot encouraged her teenage son to end his life.

The recent ICE activity in Los Angeles has left many in our immigrant communities feeling a renewed sense of fear, grief and hypervigilance, Long Beach, CA, therapist Lizette Sanchez recently told The 19th.

Whoever brought a book discussing the ketogenic diet to a homeless shelter in the United Kingdom may have done one of its residents a big favor. bit.ly/4omH2mA

A new Nevada law will allow college graduates with training and a relevant bachelor’s degree to practice as behavioral health specialists in schools, in pediatric clinics, and in after-school programs.

The 252 immigrants from Venezuela sent to El Savador’s notorious Cecot prison, known for its inhumane conditions, including torture, isolation and daily beatings by guards, were released last month back to their home country.

“Poverty makes people unhealthy; meanwhile, the cost of medical care often ruins families financially.” Rachel Pearson said. “Medical expenses can plunge a family into poverty.” In the richest country in the world, this is especially galling. bit.ly/4mkpXrA — @newyorker.com

In California, youth and young adults make up 21% of the population but account for 57% of all emergency room visits due to self-harm. @calmatters.org

Chicago’s mental health crisis teams were meant to replace police with clinicians. Bureaucratic dysfunction and fading federal support now threaten their survival.

Twenty thousand people come home from incarceration to Philadelphia every year. Many of them return with scars both seen and unseen, from being beaten by guards, experiencing or witnessing violence, or seeing close friends get assaulted or killed. bit.ly/46GmG1t @us.theconversation.com

At least 34 boys who stayed at Dozier and another 16 sent to Okeechobee — a separate boys’ school with a troubled history — ended up on Florida’s death row, according to a review by @themarshallproject.org

At 80 years old, Brian Kitchen's rejected fast-paced dating apps in favor of a more classic approach: plastering flyers on utility poles in the town of Cass City up in the #Michigan thumb. bit.ly/4lwzxrk @freep.com

Healthy self-reflection is one thing; demanding perfection from yourself is quite the impossible other.

Phone lines that provide mental health support to tens of thousands of Californians say they are on the verge of shutting down or dramatically scaling back as a result of cuts in the state’s new budget. (@calmatters.org)

"During the first Trump administration, the threat felt very distant... whereas now it’s very much at the front door." #Immigration #ICE #MentalHealth

Proposed federal cuts threaten vital rural mental health and addiction services. #RuralHealth #MentalHealth #FundingCuts

As a Gulf War veteran, I knew the brutalities of combat. I could recognize indifference to evil. I had overcome bouts with post-traumatic stress disorder after the war, but I had no encounters with other psychological illnesses. - Derek Carter for #MindsiteNews

For the first time, research has linked Head Start with a reduced risk of gun violence among kids when they become young adults.

As Trump administration cuts off the 988 Lifeline’s Option 3 for focused LGBTQ+ support, Hopelab and Born This Way Foundation release report showing great needs for LGBTQ+ youth in rural areas and their heavy use of digital tools to connect for support.

Ketogenic diets offer hope to young people struggling with severe mental illness. ICE raids continue to terrify families, forcing teens to become breadwinners and work for the release of parents. And more.

For many high school seniors, the joy of graduation is overshadowed by a pervasive sense of heaviness and anxiety about the future. ‪@pubhealthwatch.bsky.social

🐝 Meet the beekeepers-in-residence with the Huneebee Project, a nonprofit that offers youth beekeeping training in a therapeutic context, focused primarily on those with experience in the foster care system. @reasonstobecheerful.world

Eight months later, still symptom-free and feeling “open, happy, and amazing,” Lauren Kennedy West changed the name of her YouTube Channel from “Living Well with Schizophrenia” to “Living Well After Schizophrenia.”

Melanie Haiken's "Deadly Denials" series exposes how insurers fail those with eating disorders. She reveals the insidious ways treatment is limited, often with tragic results. A must-read. #MentalHealth #EatingDisorders bit.ly/4jPEVUQ