Kelli Grant

New York

Deputy Personal Finance Editor at CNBC

Deputy personal finance editor at @CNBC. CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™. Writing about personal finance, saving & spending.

Articles

Students Need "Pockets of Humanity" in a Harmful System, Study Finds

1 week ago | madinamerica.com | Kelli Grant

A new study published in SAGE Open offers insights into how U.S. schools, even amid systemic inequities and post-COVID stressors, can serve as “pockets of humanity” that support student mental health. The qualitative study conducted by Kate Somerville of the University of Virginia draws on interviews with 12 students involved in mental health activism.
Why We Need Sociology at the Heart of Mental Health Discourse

1 month ago | madinamerica.com | Kelli Grant

Sociology teaches that although social forces are not always visible, they are constantly at work, shaping relationships, systems, and experience. In a recent chapter titled “A Critical Manifesto for the Sociology of Mental Health”, sociologist Bruce Cohen, writing from New Zealand, urges the field of psychiatry to grapple with this reality.
Who Speaks for Global Mental Health? New Study Exposes Narrow Power Base

2 months ago | madinamerica.com | Kelli Grant

A new study published in PLOS Global Public Health finds that the global mental health field remains largely shaped by elite, Western, and medicalized voices. The mixed-methods analysis, led by Farah Shiraz and colleagues from Denmark, Singapore, and the UK, reveals deep inequities in influence and calls for urgent reform to improve diversity, collaboration, and representation in global mental health policy.
Rethinking the Black-White Mental Health Paradox Through Intersectionality

Jan 22, 2025 | madinamerica.com | Kelli Grant

For decades, researchers have been grappling with what’s known as the Black-White Mental Health Paradox (BWMHP): Black Americans consistently report lower rates of depression and anxiety than White Americans, despite enduring significantly greater social and structural stressors. A recent study by Megan E.
How Cultural-Historical Perspectives Transform Mental Health

Dec 4, 2024 | madinamerica.com | Kelli Grant

Daniel Goulart’s recent chapter in Beyond Adaptation: The Unity of Personal and Social Change in Critical Psychology and Cultural-Historical Theory critiques psychology’s neglect of lived experiences and its tendency to erase individual and cultural specificity through universalizing theories. Psychology often exhibits colonizing tendencies through universalizing theories that overlook individual and cultural specificities.
Study Reveals Deep-Rooted Ableism in Mental Health Care

Nov 19, 2024 | madinamerica.com | Kelli Grant

A new study led by Katie Wang of the Yale School of Public Health explores the experiences of people with disabilities in the mental health care system. The current work, published in SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, finds that experiences of ableism and discrimination against people with disabilities are common in mental healthcare. The research team reports a notable gap in the current research related to disability experiences.
The Urgent Need for Social Justice in Mental Health Care

Nov 1, 2024 | madinamerica.com | Kelli Grant

In a 2024 forum headed by James K. Kirkbride of University College London, the authors assert that social determinants of mental health are factors that can be changed. The current work, published in World Psychiatry, argues that changes to these systems of power could provide significant prevention of mental illness in populations affected by oppressive social determinants.
Why Gradual Reduction of Antipsychotics Could Be Safer for Service Users

Oct 24, 2024 | madinamerica.com | Kelli Grant

A new commentary published in Current Opinion in Psychiatry presents the case for slow tapering of antipsychotics. According to authors Mark Horowitz and Joanna Moncrieff of University College London, slow tapering of antipsychotics can reduce the chance of relapse by allowing the brain time to adjust to the absence of these drugs.
Is Pediatric Bipolar an Epidemic in the U.S. or a Result of Pharma Influence?

Sep 25, 2024 | madinamerica.com | Kelli Grant

The increasing rates of pediatric bipolar disorder diagnoses in the U.S. have sparked intense debate among clinicians, researchers, and parents. Once considered a rare condition in children, the diagnosis is now more prevalent, especially in American clinics. Critics, however, question whether this surge reflects a true rise in cases or the result of pharmaceutical influence and a psychiatric field grappling with ambiguous diagnostic criteria.
Policing the Unhoused: Study Reveals the Harsh Realities of Complaint-Oriented Policing in San Francisco

Aug 22, 2024 | madinamerica.com | Kelli Grant

Over the past three decades, cities across the United States have increasingly turned to quality-of-life ordinances as a means of maintaining public order. These policies, often justified as necessary to control crime and manage public spaces, have led to a surge in complaints and police interventions targeting socially vulnerable individuals, particularly those experiencing homelessness.