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Giving Thanks Can Make You Happier
Each holiday season comes with high expectations for a cozy and festive time of year. However, for many this time of year is tinged with sadness, anxiety, or depression. Certainly, major depression or a severe anxiety disorder benefits most from Read more >>
How Daily Moments of Joy Can Help Long-Term Well-Being
An analysis released from scientists behind a research initiative called the BIG JOY Project finds that people who commit daily “micro-acts” of joy experience about a 25% increase in emotional well-being over the course of a week. Read more >>
America Has a Loneliness Epidemic. Here Are 6 Steps to Address It
According to a new advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General titled “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation,” even before the COVID-19 pandemic, about half of U.S. adults reported experiencing measurable levels of loneliness. Read more >>
Loneliness Damages Not Just Children’s Mental Health, But Their Grades As Well
Children who feel lonely are more likely to leave school with worse grades than classmates who never experience loneliness. Read more >>
The State of Mental Health in America 2023 [downloadable]
Mental Health America (MHA) released new state rankings in its most recent report, 2023 State of Mental Health in America. Read more >>
Gen Z Mental Health: The Impact of Tech and Social Media
A McKinsey Health Institute (MHI) survey finds that Gen Z’s social media engagement can feel negative but can also help with finding mental health support and connectivity. Read more >>
The Truth About Teens, Social Media and the Mental Health Crisis
Back in 2017, psychologist Jean Twenge set off a firestorm in the field of psychology. Twenge warned of a mental health crisis on the horizon. Rates of depression, anxiety and loneliness were rising. And she had a hypothesis for the Read more >>
How to Help Young People Limit Screen Time — and Feel Better About How They Look
U.S. teens spend more than eight hours a day on screens, and there’s growing concern over how social media may affect their mental health. Now, a study published by the American Psychological Association, validates what some parents have experienced when Read more >>
Three Reasons It’s So Hard to “Follow Your Passion”
How many times have you been told to “follow your passion?” It’s a message that appears in everything from graduation speeches to job ads. But according to a Deloitte survey of 3,000 full-time U.S. workers, across job levels and industries, Read more >>
First of Its Kind Survey Depicts the State of Mental Health for Youth of Color in the U.S
In a first-of-its-kind national survey that focuses on the mental health of Youth of Color, the AAKOMA Project‘s State of Mental Health for Youth of Color (SOMHYOC) surveyed almost 3,000 young people of color ages 13 to 25 to study Read more >>
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CHC Palo Alto:
650 Clark Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304
650.326.5530
CHC South Bay:
2280 Kenwood Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128
408.831.7512
CHC Ravenswood:
1765 E Bayshore Rd, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
650.702.2487
