Mental Health

A collection of mental health news and resources.

When facing loss, embrace change and don't force closure, a therapist urges
Over the last two years, many have experienced a kind of ambiguous loss as we have lived with isolation and uncertainty in the pandemic. Author and therapist Pauline Boss explains how to move forward.
How do we cope with a pandemic two years in?
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic and a new variant — omicron this time — is upending our lives once again. Angela Davis talks with an infectious disease expert, a child psychologist and a psychologist who studies the way uncertainty affects our minds.
Tips for combating seasonal affective disorder
The dead of winter is the toughest time of year for people who are affected by seasonal affective disorder, or SAD. To talk about how to combat it, Dr. Sabine Schmid, a clinical psychologist at the University of Minnesota Medical School, stopped by Minnesota Now.
Healing in the new year: The full conversation
Your well-being is connected to the well-being of your loved ones and your whole community. How can you reset your mind and spirit to start the new year on the right footing? Three wise women share their practices and ideas for personal healing with host Cathy Wurzer in a funny, insightful conversation that will leave you with plenty of food for thought.
Healing in the new year: Setting intentions for 2022
This week, we’ve turned our attention to the transition from 2021 to 2022 in a series of conversations with a group of powerful women who are all coaches and healers. To wrap up the series Thursday, host Cathy Wurzer talked to her guests about setting intentions for 2022.
Healing in the new year: Mindful medicines for stress
This week, we turn our attention to the transition from 2021 to 2022 in a series of conversations with a group of powerful women who are all coaches and healers. On Wednesday, host Cathy Wurzer asked her guests about the tools, perspectives and spiritual practices they use to relieve stress.
Healing in the new year: Tuning into your body
This week, we turn our attention to the transition from 2021 to 2022 in a series of conversations with a group of powerful women who are all coaches and healers. On Tuesday, host Cathy Wurzer asked her guests how we can tune into our bodies to know what needs healing.
Logic's song '1-800-273-8255' may have led to hundreds fewer suicides, study finds
In 2017, the rapper Logic named a song after the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline phone number. Now, a new study has found it may have had a remarkable impact.
Healing in the new year: Tools for approaching the transition
This week, we turn our attention to the transition from 2021 to 2022 in a series of conversations with a group of powerful women who are all coaches and healers. On Monday, host Cathy Wurzer asked her guests how we can use this transition as a time for healing.