Treating the Mentally Ill Before It’s Too Late
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Five Studies: Mental Health Courts Are Finding Their Footing
Can judges work with psychiatrists to help solve mass incarceration?
What Mental Health Courts Are Teaching Us About Rehabilitation
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
You Can Change Laws Without Changing Hearts and Minds
Yes, America has a strong gun culture, but laws can be changed nonetheless.
Five Studies: Easing the College Transition for Lower-Class and Minority Students
What can we do to help kids who are the first in their families to go to college—or who face extra burdens because of their race, class, or religion?
Five Studies: To Sleep, Perchance to Cheer Up
On the powerful relationship between insomnia and depression.
Spreading Healthy Moods Through Adolescents’ Social Networks
British researchers report surrounding yourself with emotionally healthy friends is an effective way to avoid—or recover from—depression.
When Psychologists Become Wardens
Psychologists have worked in jails and prisons for decades. Maybe they should be running them.
The Connection Between Mental Health Problems and Juvie
Health programs could stop problems before they start.
‘The Great Equalizer’: Navigating Pre-Trial Detention
A new consultancy firm offers advice for first-time detainees, from someone who’s been there.