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Mental health Misha Valencia Oct 14, 2026

Why Having Insurance Still Doesn’t Guarantee Mental Health Care

Misha Valencia Oct 14, 2026

Patients seeking mental health care are confronting ghost networks, provider shortages, denied claims and rising barriers to treatment. Here’s what advocates say could make the system work better.

Mental health Sarah Sloat Feb 18, 2026

How Political Chaos Is Affecting Americans’ Mental Health

Sarah Sloat Feb 18, 2026

As political instability rises, so does fear, cynicism, and disengagement. It’s an emotional fatigue wholly linked to national turmoil.

Mental health Soraya Chemaly Feb 12, 2026

The Emotional Toll of Living With Institutional Betrayal

Soraya Chemaly Feb 12, 2026

Abuse, denial, and political impunity are eroding social trust and creating cognitive dissonance. What is the antidote?

Women's Health Stacy Lu Aug 14, 2025

Can We Shroom Our Way Out of Depression?

Stacy Lu Aug 14, 2025

Preliminary research says psychedelic therapy can treat chronic mental health issues like depression and anxiety, which largely impact women. Does it actually work or are practitioners just trippin'?

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Reproductive Rights Siobhan Neela-Stock Jun 15, 2022

Birth Control Access Is Also About Mental Health

Siobhan Neela-Stock Jun 15, 2022

With the right to abortion likely to be overturned in many states, access to birth control could be next. The mental health benefits of contraception go far beyond preventing pregnancy.

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Self-Care Jennifer Stewart Mar 2, 2022

Why Can’t Black Women Get Some Rest?

Jennifer Stewart Mar 2, 2022

The author just wanted to get a relaxing massage. But her masseur wouldn't STFU. Here's how Black women can get the self-care they so desperately need.

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Self-Care Emily L. Hauser Dec 21, 2021

The Case for Joy

Emily L. Hauser Dec 21, 2021

Channeling the holiday spirit in a time of political and social upheaval can be a struggle--but if we can, it's more worthwhile now than ever.

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Social Science Jessica P. Ogilvie Dec 6, 2021

Denial Vs. Dread: Why We React to Crises the Way We Do

Jessica P. Ogilvie Dec 6, 2021

In the face of the pandemic, the climate crisis, and ongoing social inequity, some people revert to denial while others sink into desperation. Why?

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First Person Laura Leigh Abby Jul 13, 2021

It’s Okay to Hate Your Scars

Laura Leigh Abby Jul 13, 2021

Women are expected to minimize our trauma and love our scars. Ten years after the writer suffered a hit-and-run accident that took her ear, she realized she didn't have to embrace expectation.

#FreeBritney signs at rally at LA Downtown Grand Park during a conservatorship hearing for Britney Spears.

Mental health Jennifer Stavros Jul 9, 2021

If Britney Can’t Win In Court, Who Can?

Jennifer Stavros Jul 9, 2021

Britney Spears’s inability to escape her conservatorship exposes a punitive civil court system that fails to protect those with mental health issues.