With a Little Help from Our Friends
In honor of National Girlfriends Day, here's a look into how our friendships enrich our lives
No Vacancy: How a Shortage of Mental Health Beds Keeps Kids Trapped Inside ERs
In many parts of the U.S. and the world, demand for mental health care overwhelms supply
Transgender Medicine – What Care Looks Like, Who Seeks It out and What’s Still Unknown: 3 Essential Reads
Access to transgender medical care has been under attack in many places in the U.S.
Clinically Speaking: Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Provider About Atopic Dermatitis
Use this guide to have a helpful conversation if you have atopic dermatitis, commonly known as eczema
What It’s Like to Care for a Child With Severe Eczema
My daughter has severe eczema and life-threatening food allergies. Keeping her safe is a family affair.
Conversion Therapy Is Discredited and Increases Risk of Suicide – yet Fewer Than Half of US States Have Bans in Place
Conversion therapy, or the practice of attempting to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity, is based on an outdated and incorrect notion that such identities are a choice that can be changed
Flawed Data Led to Findings of a Connection Between Time Spent on Devices and Mental Health Problems – New Research
When it comes to mental health, is digital technology a culprit or scapegoat?
Middle-Aged Americans in US Are Stressed and Struggle With Physical and Mental Health – Other Nations Do Better
Today's middle-aged adults report more daily stress and poorer physical health and psychological well-being, compared to middle-aged adults during the 1990s
Tourette Syndrome Is My Superpower
My tics embarrassed me for years, until I finally saw them as a thing of beauty
I’m Fully Vaccinated – Should I Keep Wearing a Mask for My Unvaccinated Child?
A moral philosopher and bioethicist offers some tools to aid in making this important decision
Trans Kids in the US Were Seeking Treatment Decades Before Today’s Political Battles Over Access to Health Care
These kids faced tremendous obstacles in a world where the word "transgender" didn't even exist
The Other Side of the Rainbow
Coming out to my family as transgender helped me find inner peace
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