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Bar chart titled “Millions Displaced In and Out of Syria,” displays Syrian displacement from 2011 to 2024, broken into three categories: refugees (light blue), asylum seekers (thin yellow band), and internally displaced persons (dark blue). Displacement surged after the Arab Spring protests reached Syria in March 2011, with annual totals exceeding 14 million by 2024. Internally displaced persons consistently represent the largest group throughout the period. Source: Think Global Health

Authoritarianism and the Genetics of Trauma

by Diana Rayes

A Syrian American global health scholar reflects on generations of trauma after decades of Assad dictatorship

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

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

Damian Santomauro with his father on a countryside family trip in Victoria, Australia, circa 1992.
Governance

Autism and Identity: Navigating Disability Versus Difference

by Damian Santomauro

A personal account describes the challenges many people on the autism spectrum face and the need for better support

Nicole Spencer, who has postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, makes a video for her Instagram account, where she speaks about her medical condition, in Syracuse, New York, on May 8, 2022.
Governance

Inside TikTok's Mental Health Communities

by Nora Y. Sun

Social media can offer much-needed mental health support, but it still poses various risks to users

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.
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

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.
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

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

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

Recently arrived migrant families and others stand in line for a free meal provided by a Lutheran Church.
Migration

U.S. Migration Surge Draws Attention to Mental Health Care

by Vida Foubister

New York City-based projects adapt mental health services used in low- or middle-income countries to an urban context

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

Displaced Palestinian children, who fled their houses due to Israeli strikes, take part in an entertaining activity organised by local activists, at a school run by United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), to support the mental health of the children in Rafah, February 7, 2024.
Governance

Supporting Mental Health for Arab, Jewish, and Muslim Youth During War

by Ilana Seff, Cyril Bennouna

How the war in the Middle East is harming U.S. adolescents and what civil society can do about it

A mural adorns a wall in the city of Springfield, Ohio.
Migration

Immigrants, Mental Health, and Enduring the U.S. Election

by Germán A. Cadenas

Researcher and formerly undocumented immigrant Germán A. Cadenas on protecting one's mental health amid discrimination

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

Suicide Deaths Drop in Rwanda
Governance

Mental Health Care in Rwanda: Three Decades of Resilience

by Sam Muhanguzi

Insights into Rwanda's strategies and successes in building mental health services after genocide

Sara Lundberg, who struggled with anxiety and depression during the COVID pandemic, is seen in her bedroom.
Aging

Roadblocks to Gen Z's Mental Health Care

by Alejandra Martinez

Struggles felt by Gen Z spotlight the issues of mental health-care access in the United States