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    U.S. Cuts to Ukraine's Foreign Aid Hit Health Workforce

    by Anya Hirschfeld

    Ukraine, with $1.4 billion curtailed, is the single biggest loser of U.S. foreign aid

    A Doctors without Borders employee supports a woman in Mykolaiv, Ukraine after a Russian missile destroyed her house, October 10, 2023.
    Gender

    Unnoticed, Misunderstood, and Unaddressed

    by Siddhesh Zadey, Sweta Dubey, Pradeeksha Mukuntharaj, Ashmeet Sachdev, Anushka Jindal

    Why gender equity in global mental health matters

    People write notes at the end point of a silent walk organized by Lebanese non-profit organization Embrace, marking World Suicide Prevention Day
    Migration

    Media’s Mental Battlefield: Navigating Coverage of Israel-Gaza

    by Sammy Chown, Ayeshah Haque

    Decoding the psychological impact of crisis coverage

    A 23-year-old Jewish American, sits with the phone he uses to access social media and see posts about the Israel-Palestinian conflict at his home.
    Governance

    The Thousand Natural Shocks of COVID-19

    by Kevin O’Rourke, Christopher Troeger, Alize Ferrari

    Assessing the psychological impacts of coronavirus—first in a two-part series on COVID-19 and its mental health burden

    [Image 16 x 9 = The prince of Denmark's anguish is apparent in this 1948 photo of Laurence Olivier (1907–1989) and Jean Simmons (1929–2010) as Hamlet and Ophelia in Olivier's filmed version of Shakespeare's play. Photo shows a distraught looking Olivier and a concerned Simmons on a sound stage in this production still. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
    Governance

    The Thousand and One Natural Shocks of COVID-19

    by Kevin O’Rourke, Alize Ferrari

    Assessing psychological impacts of coronavirus—the second in a two-part series on the mental health burden of COVID-19

    The story title comes from Shakespeare: " The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to"—photo is of British actor Kenneth Branaugh holding a skull in the film Hamlet (1996). The photo shows the actor bathed in orange light and dressed in period garb holding a skull in a contemplative pose. GETTY IMAGES/Mondadori
    Governance

    Pagers, Walkie-Talkies, and Psychological Warfare in Lebanon

    by Christina Bouri

    Past trauma and financial distress have compounded the mental health impact of recent violence in Lebanon

    Amira, reacts during an interview at Beirut's central Martyrs' Square where many families fled from the Israeli strikes in southern Beirut.
    Gender

    Ghana's Proposed Hate Bill Threatens Safety, Livelihood, and the Health of LGBTQI+ People

    by Akua O. Gyamerah, Abena Hutchful 

    Human rights defenders in Ghana and in the diaspora should work with a broad base of allies to defeat the proposed bill

    human rights defenders in ghana
    Urbanization

    I Am an ER Doctor in New York City

    by Vineet Kumar Sharma

    The unseen mental and emotional cost of the COVID-19 pandemic—chronicled in the journals of one emergency physician

    Health care workers wheel the bodies of deceased people from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the coronavirus outbreak in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on April 4, 2020. The photo shows two people in blue protective suits wheeling people away from a hospital entrance. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
    Governance

    Russian Roulette at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

    by Lillian Posner

    How Russia's militarization of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant threatens human health

    A Russian soldier in a camouflage uniform bearing the Russian flag and a cloth face covering stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant whose towers stand surrounded by a fog and a barbed wire against a blue sky.
    Gender

    Recognizing Trauma in Boys and Men

    by Luis E. Banegas

    Many social and institutional barriers deter men's access to proper care for mental illness

    Retired firefighter Darrell Sales of Santa Clara is embraced at the 9/11 Memorial after completing a cross country bicycle ride, named the Bay 2 Brooklyn, to commemorate twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks in Manhattan, New York City, September 9, 2021.
    Governance

    During This Pandemic, It Is Us that Our Children Need Protection From

    by Gwendolyn Thong, Alfred M. Wu

    Looking at resilience and mental health across Singaporeans during the pandemic

    A parent carrying a child dressed in cartoon themed pajamas crosses a street in the rain in Singapore on January 10, 2021.
    Governance

    Up and Out of the Darkness

    by Ted Alcorn

    COVID-19 forced many into isolation, bringing attention to the long-term effects of loneliness on health

    A man waits to cross a street in front of Shinjuku station, a normally crowded street during the weekend, after the government expanded a state of emergency to include the entire country last week following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan, April 19, 2020