Jan 31, 2025 · MindSite News is a new nonprofit, nonpartisan digital journalism organization dedicated to reporting on mental health in America.

3 days ago · For the majority of my career, I have served as the senior leader of nonprofit organizations, whose missions have focused on improving the health and well-being of communities, especially marginalized communities. I have relished this work. I am also a transgender person at a time when people like ...

1 day ago · This story looks at the experience of a family – and an editor – in Pittsburgh. This is the first article in a series on developmental disabilities we are republishing from Public Source, a nonprofit news site in Pittsburgh. Today’s story examines the …

Jan 31, 2025 · As she drove, Thompson described other interactions the team had that week – with a homeless woman suffering from a mental health crisis, a distressed man refusing police officers’ orders to calm down and leave a gas station, and with a woman whose children needed medical assistance.

Jan 31, 2025 · “This wasn’t okay,” she said. “I know they do many other people like this who do not have a voice, who cannot speak up for themselves.” Stories of people being killed by police while experiencing a mental health crisis, especially Black people, frequently make the news and spark outrage – like the July 6 killing of Sonya Massey, an unarmed woman with a history of mental illness who ...

Sep 25, 2024 · An Interview with Kristen Ward. Ever since some preliminary research in 2018 from the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy found that only 1.3% of all dollars donated by foundations and philanthropists went to mental health, the sector has been called out for giving too little attention – and too few dollars – to address a critical need.

Jan 16, 2025 · In other news… No Filters: A Mother and Teenage Daughter Love Story, a new memoir from writer Christie Watson and her daughter, Rowan Egberongbe, publishes today. Excerpted in The Guardian the book features both authors recalling the same moments, in near parallel, from independent perspectives. A review in the Times describes Watson’s recollections as “a masterclass in humor and hanging ...

Sep 17, 2024 · While it’s common for children and teens who experience a school shooting to have immediate reactions to trauma, such as trouble sleeping or concentrating, only a small portion will go on to develop post-traumatic stress disorder, said David Schonfeld, a developmental-behavioral pediatrician who directs the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.

MindSite News writers, editors, contributors and staff. Tiffany Raether, Operations Manager, has a Master’s degree in Depth Psychology with a focus on Community, Liberation, Indigenous and Eco-Psychologies from Pacifica Graduate Institute.She has over ten years of experience in management, with a rich background in digital marketing, operations and project management in the corporate sector ...

The name “MindSite News” is used with the express permission of Mindsight Institute, an educational organization offering online learning and in-person workshops in the field of mental health and wellbeing.