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Untangling Mental Health Disparities in Bisexual Young Adults 

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

But when it comes to mental health, bisexual people are often lumped into the broader LGBTQIA+ umbrella, so these unique struggles have remained relatively invisible. And how could the mental health of bisexual people be better addressed? Clark, along with other researchers, wondered, what was driving this gap?

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“A Dangerous Substance”: The Impact of Social Media on Youth Mental Health

Mad in America

The young dancer’s story—at her request and her father’s, she’ll remain anonymous—illustrates both the lure and harms of social media, which has been drawing more and more attention of late for its ubiquity, its addictiveness, its corporate habits, and its role in the youth mental health crisis. hours a day on social media.”

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Maryland Enacts a “Draconian” Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program

Mad in America

I n 1999, New York State passed the first Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) law, which creates a regime of civil courts to force psychiatric interventions on those found to have “serious and persistent mental illness” who “struggle to engage voluntarily” with care. What made this year different?