Mental Health and Media: Stop Raising Awareness Already
“Awareness does not always associate with action or effectiveness,” Carrie Baron says. “Just because you’re aware doesn’t mean that you’re changing the situation.” Earlier this year, an article published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review urged organizations to...Peer Support in the Criminal Justice System
“Coming out of the criminal system, for many, means starting over with nothing,” Zarate says. “Our objective is to reduce hospitalization, reduce recidivism, and have them be successful in re-entering the community.” The more we learn, the more obvious it seems that...Political Climate as a Chronic Stressor
We speak with Dr. Christopher McCarthy, a UT Austin professor of educational psychology and leading authority on stress and coping in educational settings, on how his work translates to the current political climate.