Stigmabase | North America

Petition to allow medical marijuana access to veterans  - The goal is to send a message to congress that veterans should be allowed to discuss medical marijuana as an option for treatment with their VA ...

We must end the silence on mental illness  -  Mental health . It is not a subject many people tend to openly carry on a conversation about. But mental health , and mental illness , is a growing issue ...

People are talking about mental illness and terrorism after London knife attack  - In the wake of a deadly knife attack in central London, much of the discussion online has centred on the police citing mental health as a ...

Study supports removal of transgender identity from classification of mental disorders  - Transgender identity is currently classified as a mental disorder in both the World Health Organisation's (WHO) International Classification of Diseases ...

What if your stressed-out teen won't talk about stress?  - Having an unbiased, third party individual can help that teen to identify ... from the New Jersey Herald's Community Health Chat, on coping with teen  ...

Most Nighttime Crashes With Teen Drivers Happen Before Midnight  -  Teens are driving unsupervised too late at night, a recent study suggests, and expanding restrictions on their nighttime driving to include the hours ...

Why income inequality could hamper the Fed  - Rich Americans spend less of their paychecks than households of more modest means. As the top one percent accounts for an increasing share of the ...

Understanding The Economic Challenges of Asian Americans  - Yet the overall Asian- American poverty rate—significantly lower than other groups at 27%—is skewed by high-performing groups, such as Taiwanese ...