Are People Nowadays Really More Lonely And Miserable?

(ANALYSIS) I am going to pull out some questions that piqued my interest when I was scrolling through the codebook. The first is a set of two questions about mental health. Folks were asked, “How often do you get the social and emotional support you need?”

Analysis, News, Religion, Science, SocietyRyan BurgeSeptember 6, 2024Ryan Burge, Graphs About Religion, Religion data, Depression, Loneliness, Emotional support, Mental health, religion, depression, loneliness, society, newsComment

With Alarming New Reports On American Youth, What Should Religious Leaders Be Doing?

(OPINION) Religion writers, like many other Americans, doubtless find a February report on the well-being of American teens from the federal Centers for Disease Control nothing short of alarming.

OpinionRichard OstlingMarch 20, 2023Richard Ostling, Youth, Relationships, Decline of religion, Decline of Christianity, Families, Depression, teenage girls, Scott Galloway, Jean Twenge, Michelle Goldberg, Erica Komisar, Allie Beth StuckeyComment

Increased anxiety and sale of anti-depressants in Kashmir as lockdown continues

More Kashmiris are turning to anti-depressants to ease increasing signs of anxiety, according to health experts and hospitals, as arrests of thousands and the world’s longest-running ban on internet access in a democracy continues.

Asia, NewsTaha ZahoorJanuary 14, 2020kashmir, Taha Zahoor, anxiety, depression, PTSD, trauma in kashmir, India, Primary Feature, secondary feature, Secondary feature, Secondary Feature, Hindus, Hinduism, Depression, Anxiety, Kashmir, LockdownComment

What role should pastors play in mental health struggles?

(OPINION) Pastors aren’t mental health professionals, but they still have an important role to play when members of their flock are suffering serious mental ills. They shouldn’t shy away from it.

OpinionTerry MattinglyOctober 1, 2019DEPRESSION, SUICIDE, TODD PEPERKORN, JARRID WILSON, ANTHEM OF HOPE, HARVEST CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, LUTHERAN CHURCH-MISSOURI SYNOD, Terry Mattingly, Mental Health, Depression, Suicide, Christianity

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