Tag Archive for: Medicine

When your grandmother is your mentor: New study reveals positive associations in young adults

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Editor’s note: Here’s an interesting study that I thought you might find interesting! The Mentoring Relationship with the Closest Grandparent and Identity Processes Among Emerging Adult Grandchildren in Poland: The Role of Perceived Grandparents’ Perspective Taking By Justyna Michałek-Kwiecień Published: 29 September 2022 Michałek-Kwiecień, J. The Mentoring Relationship with the Closest Grandparent and Identity Processes Among […]

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The Impacts of COVID-19 on Youth Mental Health, Wellbeing & Service Access

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By Princess Asiedu, Reprinted from YouthREX Due to frequently shifting public health measures and the resulting isolation experienced by many youth during the pandemic, more and more young people are reporting issues with their mental health, and the need for professional help has increased to staggering levels. But how specifically has youth mental health been […]

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Study Shows a Key to Reducing Poverty: More Friendships Between Rich & Poor

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By Claire Cain Miller, Josh Katz, Francesca Paris, and Aatish Bhatia, Reprinted from The New York Times Over the last four decades, the financial circumstances into which children have been born have increasingly determined where they have ended up as adults. But an expansive new study, based on billions of social media connections, has uncovered […]

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The end of the Build Back Better is a gut punch to kids and poor familie

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By Stephen Seligman (OpEd, reposted from the San Francisco Chronicle) On Sunday, Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced that he would vote no on President Biden’s Build Back Better plan. The key holdout in a 50-50 Senate, Manchin’s lack of support, with no Republicans willing to break party lines, makes it all but impossible […]

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Addressing Racial Equity Can Boost Well-being Among School Staff and Students of Color

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By Esther Gross, Sarah Her, Mavis Sanders, Kristen Harper, & Brandon Stratford, Reprinted from Child Trends Longstanding patterns of racial and ethnic discrimination, both inside and outside of schools, may negatively impact the well-being of school staff of color and contribute to higher rates of attrition than among their White counterparts—a problem the pandemic may […]

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Surgeon general warns of emerging youth mental health crisis in rare public advisory

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By Howard Blume and Melissa Gomez, Reprinted from the Los Angles Times Citing mounting evidence of ongoing harm, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy on Tuesday issued a public health advisory on the mental health challenges confronting youth, a rare warning and call to action to address what he called an emerging crisis exacerbated by […]

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“Off to a good start:” How digital therapeutics could change mental health care (and mentoring)

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The field of “digital therapeutics,” software designed for diagnosing and treating mental health disorders, is coming into its own By Kirsten Weir, Reprinted from the American Psychological Association Society’s reliance on technology has reached unprecedented heights during the COVID-19 pandemic. People have had to rely on their computers and smartphones to complete routine errands, to […]

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A new structural approach to address stigma and inequality in medicine (& mentoring)

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Metzl, J. M., & Hansen, H. (2014). Structural competency: Theorizing a new medical engagement with stigma and inequality. Social Science & Medicine (1982), 103, 126–133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.06.032 Summarized by Ariel Ervin Notes of Interest: Cultural competency has raised awareness of how bias and stigma have impacted treatment decisions. However, current systemic issues indicate that social, cultural, & political […]

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Paraprofessional Youth Mentoring: New framework proposes the integration of youth mentoring and mental health services

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McQuillin, S. D., Hagler, M. A., Werntz, A., & Rhodes, J. E. (2021). Paraprofessional Youth Mentoring: A Framework for Integrating Youth Mentoring with Helping Institutions and Professions. American Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12546 Summarized by Ariel Ervin Notes of Interest:  Although a lot of progress has been made to lower the levels of youth mental health and behavioral […]

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Teens Asked, We Answered: The Truth About COVID-19 Vaccines

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By Pien Huang, Reprinted from NPR Alba Feliz is a little nervous about getting the vaccine. At 17, she’s the first person in her immediate family to seriously consider getting it. “In my house, they never really trust the vaccine,” she says. Social media has been her main source of information, and the contradictory messages […]

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