Mothers and Moms-to-Be Need Not Suffer ‘Baby Blues’ Alone Delivering a baby is no walk in the park, but neither is struggling with mental health. According to the World Health Organization, about 10% of pregnant women and 13% of women who’ve recently given birth...
Overdose Deaths Are Up During the COVID-19 Pandemic Pandemic: Meet the drug epidemic. U.S. drug overdose deaths have gone up by 20% over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in more than 83,000 deaths in 2020. Overdose deaths — particularly from opioids —...
Treatment Alternatives To Incarceration The United States in recent decades has gotten tougher on crime, but along with that, it’s gotten tougher on mental health. An estimated 2.3 million are locked up nationwide, mostly in local jails, federal facilities, and state...
Overdose Deaths Still Affect Minorities in Greater Numbers The United States has seen drug overdose deaths rise 20% since the COVID-19 pandemic began. That amounted to more than 83,000 deaths in 2020. Some populations appear to be more affected, too. While overdose...
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: Know the Signs and the Risks April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and despite efforts to grow awareness, maltreatment remains a problem that affects millions. In 2019, child protective services agencies in the...
