This blog got started as an assignment for my New Media Storytelling class at Medill.
Now the quarter’s almost over and it’s time to do my final project.
But I need your help!
Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey so I can get some ideas on how to improve things and who exactly is […]

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Lying to your mental-health professional is bad enough - but in recent weeks, at least one patient went even further.
A man in New York City hacked a psychiatrist to death at her office in a gruesome attack with a meat cleaver. He also seriously wounded the woman’ s colleague, although police aren’t sure if the […]

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A recent study by four universities puts a twist on the old adage that money can’t buy happiness: When people aren’t happy, they don’t seem to care how much things cost.
My classmate Andrea Bartz notes that even temporary sadness leads people to spend more than they normally would on ordinary items.
Jennifer Bechdel at World of […]

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Considering how expensive and scarce mental-health care can be in America, it seems counterproductive to waste time lying to your counselor.
But John D. Grohol over at World of Psychology says he’ s met many people who do.
He lists 10 common reasons, including embarrassment, fear of being reported or judged, and need of a coping mechanism.
Although […]

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Readers and listeners often accuse journalists of only focusing on bad news.
It’s true that bad news proliferates — after all, one of the first things you learn in journalism class is that the more bizarre the story, the more newsworthy it is.
However, all the sadness can take its toll on an audience.
In a study by […]

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My goal for this blog is to provide adults ages 18-35 with news on mental health treatments and related issues that can help them help themselves, their friends and family.
I’m not a doctor, so this isn’t intended to provide medical advice, but I hope it will give people some new things to think about and […]

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- Jerod Poore shares his firsthand experience at Crazy Meds, “your one-stop information portal for the mentally interesting.”
The site hosts a discussion board and information on tons of medications, with some (slightly offensive) humor thrown in.
- Therese J. Borchard blogs about spirituality, religion and mental health at Beyond Blue. Some news nuggets are interspersed with […]

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- ScienceDaily: Depression News
- PsycPort, from the American Psychological Assocation
- WebMD Mental Health Center
- HealthyMinds, also from the APA
- National Institute of Mental Health (government agency)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- World of Psychology blog by Dr. John M. Grohol.
- Behind Happy Faces blog by Ross Szabo

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Some issues relating to mental health in young adults (for our purposes, ages 18-35):
1) Health care in the United States is expensive, and mental health services are no exception — especially for those without insurance.
Some twentysomethings who finish college, can no longer be covered on their parents’ plan and can’t find a job with […]

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