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    The Costs of Targeted Advertising on Children and Mental Health

    by Arun Cacodcar

    A high school senior implores policymakers to emphasize the safety of children as social media evolves

    A tourist uses a selfie stick to take a photograph near a floral display.
    Governance

    Young Americans Prioritize Health Care in 2024 Election

    by Anil Cacodcar

    The chair of the Harvard Public Opinion Project explains why young Americans view health care as a top election issue

    Nicole Spencer, 24, a medical student who suffers from Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), organizes her weekly medication.
    Environment

    Mental Health After India's Glacial Floods

    by Diwash Gahatraj

    One year after India's climate disaster, fear and anxiety persist in Himalayan communities

    People watch as relief materials are loaded onto a helicopter to be delivered to inaccessible areas after flash floods caused by a lake burst, in Sikkim, India, on October 9, 2023.
    Governance

    Better Mental Health Care Is Unlikely to Fix America's Gun Problem

    by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Laurent Grosvenor

    But reducing alcohol use, promoting gun-free homes, and curbing domestic violence hold promise

    A white hand with the cuff of a blue jacket reaches out to tie an orange ribbon onto a chain-link fence covered in orange ribbons in honor of those killed by gun violence
    Governance

    The Seismic Shift in Mental Health Care Since COVID-19

    by Katherine Leach-Kemon, Damian Santomauro, Alize Ferrari, Ruri Syailendrawati

    Isolation, job loss, and gender based violence contributed to the uptick in people living with anxiety and depression

    a woman wearing a white patterned t shirt wipes tears off her face
    Governance

    Global Health Politics: Multipolarity Is the New Reality

    by Hampus Holmer

    Long dominated by the West, global health is changing because of discontent with the past and the return of geopolitics

    Ukrainian Health Minister and German Health Minister talk prior to the Ukrainian-German Mental Health and Rehabilitation Conference.
    Gender

    When Endometriosis Causes Mental Illness

    by Mohammad Saeed Gharaati Jahromi

    Despite endometriosis's links to psychiatric conditions, health systems fail to train doctors to spot these connections

    Surja Devi Saud practices Chaupadi outside her house, in Achham District, Nepal, on February 16, 2014. Chaupadi is a tradition observed in parts of Nepal, where women sleep outside while menstruating.
    Governance

    The Power of Health Information for People with Disabilities

    by Joshua Korn, Becca Brunner-Caple, Cynthia Bauer, Jessica Charles

    Knowledge gaps, data deficits, and stigma have stalled access to health information and care

    A Syrian physical therapist with a prosthetic leg, wearing blue scrubs and gesturing compassionately talks to a patient, who also has a prosthetic leg at the Al-Bab Center for prosthetics. Both men are sitting in chairs talking eye-to-eye.
    Environment

    A Visit with the UCLA Art & Global Health Center  

    by Mary Brophy Marcus

    A creative director and his team meld public health and art with communities around the globe

    An art gallery in tones of gold and beige with oversized photos on the walls.
    Environment

    Climate Change’s Hidden Mental Toll On Children

    by Burcin Ikiz

    New evidence reveals that the climate crisis affects neurological and mental well-being more than previously understood

    Rohingya refugees swim in a river running through a camp in Cox's Bazar
    Gender

    How to Save Mothers

    by Anoushka Arora, Vidhi Wadhwani, Siddhesh Zadey

    Addressing perinatal depression can improve pregnant women’s mental health     

    Surrogate mothers (L-R) Daksha, 37, Renuka, 23, and Rajia, 39, pose for a photograph inside a temporary home for surrogates provided by Akanksha IVF centre in Anand town, south of of Ahmedabad, India.
    Gender

    The Toll of Violence on Women and Youth in Iran

    by Behnaz Darban, Natasha Poulopoulos

    A "pervasive trauma is seeping through Iran," affecting the mental health of women and children

    A woman wears a face mask and has the words "Freedom" written in blue paint on her forehead in Arabic. She takes part in a protest following the death of Mahsa Amini, near the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, October 4, 2022.