According to the National Mental Health Survey (NMHS) conducted in 2015-2016, the prevalence of mental disorders in children between the ages of 13-17 was 7.3% in both sexes. Furthermore, 26.8% of girls married are under the legal age, while 8% of girls aged 15-19 are mothers or pregnant. The survey also found that 37% of … Read more
By STEVE DUNFEY, InDepthNH.org Mental illness is becoming a topic of equal emphasis with other illnesses. Leading the way was John T. Broderick, Jr. In New Hampshire and Vermont, Broderick has spent the past seven years speaking hundreds of times to school audiences about mental illness. More specifically, in his experience in his own family: … Read more
A small ceramic cup, painstakingly reassembled, sits in a glass case five feet above the floor of the Public Hospital Museum in Williamsburg. Historian Kelly Brennans loves this artifact from the excavation of the original Public Hospital for the Insane and Mentally Disordered, as it was called when it opened on October 12, 1773, as … Read more
Estimated reading time: 5-6 minutes NEW YORK As more children emerge from the pandemic struggling with mental health issues, their parents are looking for ways to help them build emotional resilience. And toy companies are paying close attention. Although still in its early stages, a growing number of toy marketers are considering MESH or mental, … Read more