At an early age, Black children are indoctrinated with the mantra of being twice as good at getting half of what they have. It’s in the air we breathe, in the water we drink, in the handprint on our souls. Though I don’t recall being specifically told I had to be twice as good as my white schoolmates, i got the message in other ways. Living with drug addict parents made my early life unstable. But once my Black grandparents adopted my brother and me, I felt I had to…
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How Onlyfans affects mental health
Onlyfans has almost 170 million users. It’s a million dollar deal that hides a dark reality. Indeed, its content creators put their mental health at risk in many ways. Last update: 06 June 2023 OnlyFans is a crowdsourced amateur pornography platform. Subscribers pay to view adult content and creators are free to expose themselves as they see fit. In effect, it means that sex work has acquired an extra layer of sophistication to continue as a business. However, this 21st century voyeurism has its price. In this case, it is…
Read MorePsychology Professors Warn: Previous Smartphone Use Linked to Worse Adult Mental Health | The college fix
‘Most mentally healthy [adult] respondents are those who did not get a telephone until their late teens,’ wrote the psychologists Early smartphone use is associated with decreased mental health in adulthood, according to analysis by top psychologists of the world’s largest mental health database. The younger the age you get your first smartphone, the worse the mental health the young adult reports today, psychologist and New York University professor Jonathan Haidt and research assistant Zach Rausch wrote in a post on the Haidts blog, After Babel. This is true across…
Read MoreWhat is a 5150 suspension? Involuntary mental health hospitalization explained.
What is a 5150 suspension? Involuntary mental health hospitalization explained. (Illustration by Aisha Yousaf) The term “5150 hold” has been used in the media in stories of psychologically distressed people who are determined to need involuntary mental health intervention, let’s look at its origins. The number refers to the section of the California State Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) on “Detention of Mentally Disordered Persons for Evaluation and Treatment.” Code 5150 states that when a person, due to a mental health disorder, poses a danger to others or to themselves,…
Read MoreThe plan to overhaul the mental health system gives California families a glimmer of hope
In summary California families who have long sought sweeping reforms to the state’s mental health care system are feeling confident about Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to pursue a bond order and update the mental health services law. Guest comment written by Randall Hagar Randall Hagar is a policy advisor and legislative advocate for the Psychiatric Physicians Alliance of California. He helped draft both the California Mental Health Insurance Parity Act and the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Act, also known as Laura’s Law. Gov. Gavin Newson’s announcement in the spring to radically…
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