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2 things teens need for healthy development amid mental health crisis
2 things teens need for healthy development amid mental health crisis

2 things teens need for healthy development amid mental health crisis

Teenagers are in the middle of a mental health and fitness crisis – but there are issues mother and father can do to assist their youngsters.  Throughout an interview with CBS News’ Norah O’Donnell, scientific psychologist and creator of “The Psychological Lives of Teens” Lisa Damour shared two points all kids require for healthful progress: heat and framework.  “If you took all of the science we have performed about many years in psychology for what mothers and fathers can offer…

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‘I’m grateful my son is not wasting away’: Jamaica’s innovative approach to mental healthcare | Global development
‘I’m grateful my son is not wasting away’: Jamaica’s innovative approach to mental healthcare | Global development

‘I’m grateful my son is not wasting away’: Jamaica’s innovative approach to mental healthcare | Global development

“JamaiCAN,” reads a mural at one of the entrance gates to Bellevue, Jamaica’s only psychiatric hospital. The name of the old powder-pink building near Kingston’s upmarket waterfront is recognisable to any Jamaican and is shrouded in stigma. A mural announces the mental health campaign ‘JamaiCan’ at Bellevue psychiatric hospital, Kingston. Photograph: Courtesy of Bellevue psychiatric hospital Built as a colonial lunatic asylum in the 19th century, it had been a tool of political repression, serving as prison for Rastafarian luminaries,…

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Women’s health in Turkmenistan: ‘Silence strips us of agency. This must change’ | Global development
Women’s health in Turkmenistan: ‘Silence strips us of agency. This must change’ | Global development

Women’s health in Turkmenistan: ‘Silence strips us of agency. This must change’ | Global development

Turkmenistan has two faces. The first is the one we see in state media: a pretty dancer, a caring mother, a sister or daughter in a beautiful traditional dress. She may be dancing, cooking or decorating an event with her presence. The second is closer to reality: women and girls who have nowhere to go when they meet domestic violence, have no recourse to contraception and family planning services, and face sexual harassment – a few examples on a long…

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