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…
Quarter of Ukrainians at risk of severe mental health conditions – adviser
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A quarter of Ukraine’s population is at risk of developing a severe mental health condition as the country grapples with the year-long Russian invasion, a senior health official said on Thursday. Michel Kazatchkine, a member of the Eastern and Central European and Central Asian Commission on Drug Policy, said the conflict in Ukraine […]
Religion and spirituality can aid youth mental health crisis – US study
United StatesRNS Born into a tech-saturated world shaken by domestic terrorism, ecological devastation and economic instability, Gen-Zers are more likely to report mental health concerns like anxiety and depression than older generations. In many ways, the pandemic has forced mental health discourse into the limelight, prompting the US surgeon general to issue an advisory last December on COVID-19’s “devastating” […]
Sight-Seeing: Jesus and mental health
In an article marking World Mental Health Day, NILS VON KALM says the church is “slowly catching up to the rest of society in treating mental health seriously” – but there’s more work to be done…
“It felt like my insides were crying”: China COVID curbs hit youth mental health
FARAH MASTER and XIAOYU YIN, of Reuters, report on the impact of China’s ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns on young people…
Suffering
Suffering is an inescapable, if not essential, part of life. PICTURE: Road Trip with Raj/Unsplash Until we confront that truth, and make peace with it – we can’t live. In the Western world, we’re not set up to make peace with suffering, but to avoid it. Our wealth and prosperity, pop psychology, helicopter parenting, even […]
Childhood amid conflict: For some Gaza children, another round of violence reopens trauma
NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and HENIRETTE CHACAR, of Reuters, report on the trauma Palestinian children face growing up in the densely populated Gaza Strip…
Challenging times: In the US, clergy of colour face unprecedented mental health challenges
DEEPA BHARATH, of The Associated Press, and ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, report on how exhausted faith leaders are being left with serious questions about how to care for their own physical and mental well-being while helping congregants in a meaningful way…
Health Insight: The pandemic’s gardening boom shows how gardens can cultivate public health
Drawing on lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, ALESSANDRO OSSOLA looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the role gardening can play in people’s life…
Podcasts: A “real, helpful and hopeful” look at issues of mental health from a Christian perspective
NILS VON KALM listens to ‘The Healing and Freedom Journey’…