Breaking Down Barriers: The STAR Program’s “Stop Mental Health Stigma” Campaign

• By: Michelle Melendez, MS, LCSW, CHC Jose Iorio The STAR Health Center
• April 24th, 2024
• advocacy, community engagement, education, empowerment, inclusivity, mental health stigma, outreach, social media, Spring 2024 Issue, stigma, stigma reduction, support
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In an era where mental health discussions are often shrouded in misunderstandings and misconceptions, the “Stop Mental Health Stigma” campaign emerges as a beacon of hope and enlightenment. Spearheaded by the STAR Program at SUNY Downstate Health and Sciences University and generously funded by...

Analysis of Social Media Language Using AI Models Predicts Depression Severity for White Americans, but Not Black Americans

• By: | The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• March 27th, 2024
• depression, mental health, news, race, social media, suicide prevention
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Researchers were able to predict depression severity for white people, but not for Black people using standard language-based computer models to analyze Facebook posts. Words and phrases associated with depression, such as first-person pronouns and negative emotion words, were around three times...

The Loneliness Epidemic and its Consequences

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• January 1st, 2021
• alcohol, heart disease, loneliness, opioids, physical health, social isolation, social media, winter 2021 issue
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Former Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy described loneliness as an epidemic long before the Coronavirus emerged and disrupted relationships in ways we might never have imagined (McGregor, 2017). Despite extraordinary advances in telecommunications technologies that have enabled us to connect in...