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4 weeks ago | 
outliermedia.org | Courtney Wise Randolph
More than 30 years ago, Abdullah Muhammad decided weed wasn’t for him. “I always had kind of a negative view of anything cannabis, which is why I’ve actually never even tried cannabis,” said Muhammad, owner of Gage 313, a dispensary on Detroit’s westside. A series of events in the early 1990s cemented his perspective. His brother, a wide receiver at Michigan State University, was arrested during a traffic stop — violating his probation for a previous marijuana conviction.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
mindsitenews.org | Courtney E. Wise |Courtney Wise Randolph
Dear reader,For two years now, I’ve been privileged to write newsletters for MindSite News. The opportunity has influenced my life in ways I didn’t anticipate. It pushes me to search publications all over the nation for mental health news that can educate, inform, and inspire readers to action on issues related to mental health.
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Dec 14, 2023 | 
mindsitenews.org | Courtney E. Wise |Courtney Wise Randolph
December 14, 2023By Courtney Wise Good morning, MindSite News readers! Parents fervently await the arrival of their college students for the holidays, and experts advise taking the opportunity to check in with them on their mental health. And for the younger (and even the older) children, it’s a good time to work on practicing gratitude – a way of looking at the world that research links to better social and emotional well-being.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
mindsitenews.org | Diana Hembree |Courtney E. Wise |Courtney Wise Randolph
Wednesday, December 13, 2023By Courtney Wise and Diana HembreeGood morning, MindSiters! A new study may help get to the bottom of why post traumatic stress syndrome is so hard to treat: It suggests episodes of post traumatic stress are processed as happening in real life rather than in the past. Plus: Why long commutes can be bad for your mental health, and how tidying up can help calm your anxiety.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
mindsitenews.org | Courtney E. Wise |Don Sapatkin |Courtney Wise Randolph
December 12, 2023By Courtney Wise and Don SapatkinIn today’s Daily, I join forces with Don Sapatkin to bring you this news roundup on caregiving, opioids and harm reduction, and more. Some of us have gladly cared for an ailing loved one, but caregivers receive so little support from the larger society that Yes! Magazine’s story on the mental, emotional and physical stress on older caregivers may still hit home.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
mindsitenews.org | Courtney E. Wise |Courtney Wise Randolph
December 6, 2023By Courtney WiseGreetings, MindSite News Readers. In today’s Daily, air traffic controllers say they are so overworked and mentally exhausted that our aviation safety system is at risk. Four Black professionals in Los Angeles have created organizations that promote community and help people heal. And research finds that mental health apps, while helpful, fail to protect user data and privacy.
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Dec 5, 2023 | 
mindsitenews.org | Courtney E. Wise |Courtney Wise Randolph
December 7, 2023By Courtney WiseGreetings, MindSite News Readers! In today’s Daily, the co-founder of the ultraconservative group Moms for Liberty, which since 2021 has led the charge against books in school libraries that talk about LGBTQ, race and discrimination, is embroiled in an investigation in which an alleged sexual partner has accused her husband of sexual assault. Also in this edition: U.S. schools are the next institutions to turn to online counseling.
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Nov 29, 2023 | 
mindsitenews.org | Courtney E. Wise |Courtney Wise Randolph
November 30, 2023By Courtney WiseGreetings, MindSite News Readers. In today’s Daily, we revisit our earlier newsletter story “Two Fathers, Two Versions of Hell,” featuring a young Palestinian poet and father whose family home was bombed in Gaza and a sleepless Israeli father seeking the release of his wife and young daughters taken as hostages. Read on to find out what has happened to them since.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
mindsitenews.org | Courtney E. Wise |Courtney Wise Randolph
November 29, 2023By Courtney WiseGreetings, MindSite News Readers. In today’s Daily, we look at Texas fire departments that are challenging cultural stigma to get firefighters mental health help. In other news, U.S. soldiers continue to train with weapons known to increase the risk of brain injury, a nonprofit research group makes strides toward FDA approval of estrogen treatment in transgender patients, and a trend toward “payer ghosting” by health plans over mental health claims.
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Nov 27, 2023 | 
mindsitenews.org | Courtney E. Wise |Courtney Wise Randolph
Tuesday November 28, 2023By Courtney WiseGreetings, MindSite News Readers! We’re in the final stretch of 2023 – how unbelievable is that? In today’s Daily: A study of more than 360,000 babies finds that exposure to marijuana use during pregnancy raises infant health risks. Hairdressers in West and Central Africa join the ranks of lay people providing mental health support. Researchers in Indiana calculate the cost of untreated healthcare in their state: $4.2 billion.
