2020-03-14 Somali Therapist Sees Mental Health as a Step to Rebuilding the Country
After nearly 30 years of war, many Somalis carry unseen wounds from the violence they have experienced. The World Health…
2019-11-24 Mental Health at Risk as California Wildfire Threat Grows
Tasha Ritza lost her house, her job and her hometown on the day that a wildfire destroyed Paradise, California. A…
2015-05-21 Limited Mental Health Services Being Offered in Cambodia
Cambodia has some of the world’s worst mental health statistics. Experts say the large number of cases is partly a…
2014-01-02 Arab Spring Violence Damaging Mental Health in the Middle East
From VOA Learning English this is As It Is. Welcome back! I’m Caty Weaver in Washington. Hundreds of thousands of…
2020-04-20 Fear of the Unknown: Locked-down Athletes Face Mental Health Risks
When Olympic swimmer Kyle Chalmers completed his final training period before the coronavirus shutdown, he felt great sadness and fear…
2019-11-05 Medicinal Cannabis Not Proven in Mental Health
Researchers in Australia say evidence is weak as to whether medicinal cannabis treatments can help with mental illnesses such as…
2018-04-03 Does City Living Hurt Mental Health?
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Are people happier in nature with blue skies overhead…
2017-11-14 Foods for Better Mental Health
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. There is an old saying: “You are what you…
2015-08-26 Millions with Mental Health Get Little or No Treatment
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle Report. The World Health Organization reports that hundreds of millions…
2015-04-03 Psychology, Stress Influence Pilots’ Mental Health
Some are asking whether personality tests could have prevented co-pilot Andreas Lubitz from crashing a Germanwings passenger airplane in the…
2020-05-30 Coronavirus Raises Mental Health Concerns for College Students
Growing up in Athens, Greece, Lydia Borsi remembers feeling tested when she tried to deal with mental health issues. Borsi…
2020-02-19 Mental Health Experts, Educators Call for End to School Shooter Drills
Two years ago this month, a 19-year-old American shot and killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in…
2016-09-10 More College Students Seeking Help with Mental Health
Over the last 10 years, the number of university students seeking help for mental or emotional problems has grown sharply.…