Rush hour – Workers scurry speedily to their next destination. Since the 1970s, Singapore and Guangzhou, China have seen the highest increase in pedestrian walking speeds. Calls for effiency in mobility can often come back to bite us with reduced social empathy and ableist attitudes.Photo: Estherpoon/Shutterstock

The connection recession

Loneliness and social isolation have become chronic issues across the world. We must resist attempts to close down meaningful human interaction, writes Husna Ara.

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NI 543 - Loneliness - May, 2023
Illustration: Andy Carter

What if...

We decolonized mental health services? Husna Ara rethinks our collective response to distress.

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NI 541 - The cost of living crisis - January, 2023
Illustration: Andy Carter

What if…

We got our attention back?

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NI 524 - How we make poverty - March, 2020
Close up for comfort: two patients at the Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences in New Delhi. Often abandoned by their families, many of the women on the ward stay on even after recovery.Photo: Cheena Kapoor

The interveners

Trusted in the communities they serve, India’s women health activists are making a difference in getting help for people stigmatized for mental health problems. Yet, as Sophie Cousins reports, the challenge remains vast.

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NI 514 - The next financial crisis - July, 2018

Laughing and crying

A story of cause and effect doesn't tell us everything about the relationship between social media use and mental health, argues Marcus Gilroy-Ware.

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NI 509 - What's left for the young? - January, 2018
Unseen: the psychological impact of Israel’s attacks on Gaza will have a profound long-term effect on Palestinians.Photo: Belal Khaled/AA/TT/TT News Agency/Press Association Images

A deeper pain

The daily reality of life in Gaza creates unseen psychological scars, writes psychiatrist Samah Jabr.

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NI 477 - Big oil RIP? - November, 2014
Resistance strain: the psychological impacts of activism are seldom discussed.Photo: Tim Gainey / Alamy

Beyond burnout

Post-traumatic stress disorder is an occupational hazard for activists on the frontline, says Amy Hall.

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NI 472 - Organ trafficking - May, 2014
Mental health: the facts

Mental health: the facts

Prevalence, provision, dangerousness and discrimination-related figures for mental illness worldwide: a zoomable infographic.

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NI 452 - Mental health - May, 2012
John Mc Carthy, founder of Mad Pride Ireland, followed by Molly Buckley, Mayor of Tullamore, and supporters at a Family Fun Day in the town in 2010. Mc Carthy’s goal – to battle stigma through community, laughter and love.Harvey Photography

A healthy mind in a healthy society

Mental health shouldn’t just be about individuals, we need strong communities too. Dinyar Godrej makes the case.

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NI 452 - Mental health - May, 2012
Unbound

Unbound

Liberating communities from prejudice in Ghana, by Peter Yaro.

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NI 452 - Mental health - May, 2012
A training session
under way for Manitoba
First Nations youth.

Tears are good medicine

Young First Nations people in Manitoba tackle their number one problem – suicide among their peers. Janet Nicol reports.

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NI 452 - Mental health - May, 2012
‘My heart is burning,’ says
Thiha Yarzar in the Thai
town of Mae Sot.Nick Harvey

When Western therapies fail

Is a Western approach the best way to engage with the mental health issues of other cultures? Nick Harvey visits Burmese refugees in Thailand to find out.

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NI 452 - Mental health - May, 2012
Mohammad Khan in chains: ‘They are not letting me go from here. When can I go from here?’Photo by RYAN FLETCHER

Making me crazy

The treatment of Afghans with mental illness is only adding to their trauma.

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NI 425 - Where have all the Bees gone? - September, 2009

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Loneliness May, 2023
The cost of living crisis January, 2023
How we make poverty March, 2020
The next financial crisis July, 2018
What's left for the young? January, 2018
Big oil RIP? November, 2014
Organ trafficking May, 2014
Mental health May, 2012
Mental health May, 2012
Mental health May, 2012
Mental health May, 2012
Mental health May, 2012
Where have all the Bees gone? September, 2009
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