Source: Matthias Zomer/Pexels COVID-19, formally known as the novel coronavirus, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. It has become increasingly important to understand not only the physical symptoms but also the impact on mental...
Source: Richard George Davis, Used with Permission In her Ted Talk, Barbara Amaya, a sex trafficking survivor, recounted a nightmare in which she ran away from her abusive home in Fairfax, Regina, to the streets of Washington, DC at age 12. She was recruited into sex...
Source: Callie Gibson at Unsplash, Creative Commons Prescribed medication for mental health issues works for some, but not others. In fact, a study measuring the prevalence of treatment-resistant depression (TRD) in the UK found that 55 percent of participants...
Source: Nickola Pandelides, used with permission “I think I’ve always struggled with my mental health. Even as a little girl I can remember being uncontrollably sad and stand-offish from people … I can remember feeling such sadness and hatred...
Source: 12019 at Pixabay, Creative Commons During the civil war in Syria, veterinary surgeon Amir Khalil from the charity organization Four Paws International travelled to Aleppo to rescue surviving zoo animals. Before the war began, the zoo was home to around 300...
Source: liborius at Flickr, some rights reserved Under the ivy-covered walls of many universities lies a disturbing phenomenon: homelessness. Many find it incomprehensible that homelessness would exist in these spaces, but it does. A study by Michael Sulkowski shows...
