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Seattle Mariners infielders hug and dance as they celebrate beating the San Diego Padres 6-1, at T-Mobile Park, in Seattle, Washington, on September 14, 2022.

The Quest for Social Connection and Well-Being

by Ali H. Mokdad, Dan Barnes, Sara Curran, Kyle Crowder, Jody Early, Meg Robertson

Scientists have been slow at developing strategies that measure and promote well-being within communities

Governance
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.

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 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.
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

Two men are photographed from the waist up drinking beers out of the bottles at a a casual bar in the Manila metro area, in the Philippines
Gender

For Young Men, Alcohol Does Not Have to Be a Death Sentence

by Max Griswold, Dana Bryazka, Katherine Leach-Kemon, Erin Mullany, Emmanuela Gakidou

For males ages 15 to 49, drinking alcohol causes nearly 10 percent of all years lost to death and disability

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

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

human rights defenders in ghana
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

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

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

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

Unnoticed, Misunderstood, and Unaddressed

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

Why gender equity in global mental health matters

Palestinian children cover their eyes as they participate in a mental health support session in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on June 6, 2021.
Poverty

Gaza and the West Bank: Reflections From a Psychiatrist

Q&A with a Doctors Without Borders physician working in a traumatized region

A child flies a kite inside a giant inflatable plastic bubble during a performance of the artistic group Cirk La Putyka called "Isolation" in a park, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Prague, Czech Republic
Environment

The Psychological Toll of the Pandemic: What Isolation Does to the Brain

by Robin Blades

The worldwide increase in isolation during COVID-19 is sure to exact a psychological toll on people across the globe

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

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

[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 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