Talking about suicide: As Black church grapples with mental health, clergy are both subject and solution
AMBAR CASTILLO, writing for Religion News Service, reports that a new movement has taken on the taboo in many Black churches against talking about suicide…
Mental health: Clergy burnout is a growing concern in polarised churches. A summit offers coping strategies
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports ahead of this week’s church mental health summit in the US…
Mental health: Climate change takes heavy toll in Bangladesh
MD TAHMID ZAMI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that as Bangladesh faces increasingly extreme weather from floods to storms, psychologists fear rise in anxiety and depression…
Australia launches “national wellbeing” dashboard to measure prosperity beyond GDP
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia on Friday launched a “national wellbeing” dashboard of indicators to measure progress on issues like health, education and the environment, one that it hopes will lead to a better balance between economic and social objectives. It will track indicators across five categories – healthy, secure, sustainable, cohesive, and prosperous – that can […]
Mental health in spotlight in Hong Kong after violent attacks
Hong Kong, China Reuters A series of brutal attacks in Hong Kong is shining a light on mental health in a city that has suffered from particularly acute strains while lacking sufficient resources to provide proper care for all who need it, mental health groups say. Violent crime is rare in the financial hub but […]
As guns go silent, Gazan children still have nightmares
GazaReuters Whenever a door slams, 10 year-old Bissan al-Mansi mistakes it for a bomb dropping. More than a week has passed since the latest round of fighting with Israel in Gaza but al-Mansi says she still has nightmares. Local psychiatrists said al-Mansi’s symptoms were common among many children living in the enclave, who were experiencing […]
Essay: Anger management and guns
US Catholic commentator PHYLLIS ZAGANO, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says anger is clearly at the root of mass shootings in the US…
Sudan’s conflict inflicts heavy toll on children
Cairo, Egypt Reuters After surviving weeks of fighting in Khartoum, Sanaa Mahmoud has finally got her family to safety in Cairo but says her daughter still wakes up at night screaming because of the gunfire and airstrikes that rocked her neighbourhood. “They saw everything, the gunfire was falling on us at home…they saw horrible scenes,” […]
Mental health: How the teen crisis is turning some youth pastors into first responders
Young people, youth pastors in the US say, are pushing the church to be more willing to talk about mental health. ELIZABETH E EVANS, of Religion News Service, reports…
The Long Read: Why the US Navy is deploying more chaplains for suicide prevention
GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, of Associated Press, reports on moves to deploy chaplains as regular members of the crew on more ships…