‘The happiness and joy has been sucked out of me’: Wisconsin dairy farmers face mental health crisis
Many Wisconsin milk producers are overwhelmed, dogged by financial worries, a crushing workload, labor shortages and bad weather.
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How a ‘mindful’ approach helped a youth mental health program gain acceptance in St. Paul’s Hmong community
2020 marked the 10th anniversary of Hlub Zoo, a school-based mental health program serving Hmong and other Southeast Asian students and their families.
Kaz Nelson: How to identify and respond to four common mental-health responses to crisis
Psychiatrist and educator Kaz Nelson discusses four common mental health reactions during the coronavirus crisis: psychological stress, grief, isolation/loneliness and panic.
Giving up alcohol linked to better mental well-being, particularly among women
The most significant improvement in mental well-being during the study occurred among the women who started the study as moderate drinkers but who then gave up alcohol.
Tony Lourey on his role as Minnesota’s new DHS commissioner: ‘This is the space that I’ve dedicated my life to’
The four-term Democratic state senator from Kerrick has a long history of legislative experience working on behavioral health issues.
Minnesota’s suicide rate continues to rise, and it’s higher in Greater Minnesota than the metro
Minnesota’s suicide rate has been on a slow, steady rise for nearly two decades.
Advocates address deep distrust of mental health care among African-Americans
Only one in three African-Americans who need mental health care receives it, according to the American Psychiatric Association.
Gallup: the world is stressed, worried, sad and in pain
Last year, global levels of unhappiness reached their highest point in more than a decade, according to the latest annual Gallup Global Emotions report, which was released earlier this week.
New stuff at the Fair; Shakespeare in Winona; Sebastian Junger in October
ALSO: Hernán Diaz at Open Book; Open Streets at Lake + Minnehaha; and the Floating Library at Lake Phalen.
Kate Spade, Anthony Bourdain and Minnesota’s rising suicide rate: Now is the time for a better mental health system
If there is a glimmer of hope amid terrible news, it’s that people are talking about mental health. And where there is conversation, there is hope that more awareness and understanding of mental health is coming.
Jazz advocacy: Guitarist Sam Miltich teaches mental-health tolerance with music
Beginning in June, Miltich will tour Minnesota with a conversation-and-performance project titled “The Improvised Life: Exploring Intersections of Mental Health and Creativity Through Jazz.”
At an Edina clinic, a controversial treatment for depression: ketamine
The Minnesota Ketamine Clinic is among a small number of places in the U.S. offering the treatment — a practice that is divisive within the psychiatric community.
Minnesota is considering doubling its number of rural mental health counselors. To two.
Ted Matthews might have the toughest job in the state of Minnesota.
The mental health crisis in rural Minnesota: Ways to start addressing it
Barriers to receiving mental health treatment are often intensified in rural Minnesota. How many more crises will occur before we address the treatment gap there?
Mental health is community health
At Mental Health Day on the Hill we’re advocating for parity and equity so that all individuals, especially those marginalized by society, can access the mental health care they desperately need.
Siblings’ podcast ‘deconstructs’ mental illness
The podcast focuses on putting mental health issues into context, on explaining topics in understandable language, and offering tips and advice for people who encounter those issues in themselves or in others.
Gustavus Adolphus student conference to focus on social justice and mental health
The conference, titled “Mental Health: Exploring the Unacknowledged Civil Rights Journey,” will feature keynote speakers Leah Ida Harris and Deborah Prothrow-Stith.
Cut! Vail Place arts fundraiser sparks mass hair removal
At “Shaving Grace,” ponytails and beards will come off to raise money for arts programming at Vail Place.
Links roundup: On sexual harassment, assault, dress codes and mental health
From Psychology Today, Bustle and beyond: Here are some articles guaranteed to get you thinking.
New Bollywood dance drama looks at mental health in Minnesota’s South Asian community
“Love You Zindagi,” the story of a young Indian woman who arrives in the United States after an arranged marriage, will premiere next month at Steppingstone Theatre in St. Paul.
