Source: rafabordes at Pixabay, Creative Commons In 2017, a father from Victoria, British Columbia, pleaded for his 15-year-old daughter to seek rehabilitation for an opioid addiction. He was terrified that by the time she realized she required treatment, it would be...
Source: angus mcdiarmid at Flicker, Creative Commons, some rights reserved Since the recent Zac Efron movie depicting serial killer Ted Bundy, the media have been shocked by the admiration many have expressed toward him. Netflix expressed their disapproval on Twitter....
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: John Henry Fuseli/Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain As a child, I would sometimes find myself wide awake in bed, but unable to move. Some nights, I would hear voices in my room, as I felt invisible forces pinning me down. When I would finally regain control of...
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: Ilya Haykinson at Flickr, Creative Commons, some rights reserved On a quiet summer evening a few years back, while taking a walk in Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto, I witnessed an event that would change the course of several peoples’ lives. As I...
Source: Charli Forrester, Used with Permission Prolonged exposure to stress can have devastating effects on mental health. In fact, neuroscientists have found that chronic stress triggers long-term changes in the brain’s structure and functioning, making people...
Source: Ryan McGuire at Gratisography, some rights reserved Sharon (name changed), an elementary school teacher in London, England, taught a challenging class last year. Out of a large group of 30 students, three were diagnosed with autism, one with dyspraxia, three...
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...
