Crisis Text Line Crisis Text Line (CTL) provides free 24/7 support for those in crisis by training young adults as Crisis Counselors and using text messages to communicate readily to those in crisis. We’re collaborating with CTL to better understand how we can support their 4500 Crisis Counselors in serving those in need, and to also measure how volunteering as a Crisis Counselor changes perceptions about government…
Did you know that today, anxiety tops as the most pressing mental health concern among college students? To date, public policy, public health, medical, and economic disciplines have yet to fully examine the many underlying complicated factors driving these trends. This cross-disciplinary study investigates what is …
The Great Recession sent shock waves through the U.S. and global economy. California—the nation’s largest state economy—was hit particularly hard. California lawmakers cut billions from K-12 schools…
Millennials are a favorite topic of magazine cover stories, psychological studies, marketing trend reports, and Baby Boomer complaints. The Millennial generation is often characterized as narcissistic, technology-obsessed, social media…
No pain no gain is a common motto that covers everything from working out to building a successful career. But New York Times best selling author and New York University Stern School of Business professor Scott Galloway…
In an effort to address the mental health climate at UC Berkeley, the Berkeley Institute for the Future of Young Americans and the Goldman School of Public Policy hosted a conversation Thursday titled “A Generation Under…
By the time UC Berkeley sophomore Maja Ahmann had been on campus a few weeks last fall, her pattern was clear: When schoolwork felt too overwhelming, she relaxed with Snapchat, Twitter or Instagram, sometimes scrolling…
A panel discussion with UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ; Guy Nicolette, Assistant Vice Chancellor for University Health Services; and Sam Ku, Internal Director of the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) Mental Health Commission. A review of preliminary results from a new study highlighting the rise of anxiety disorders on college campuses, by Professor Richard Scheffler, Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Public Policy.
By Nicole Karlis, Salon Though older Americans may be perplexed by the cynicism and self-deprecating nature of millennial culture, it turns out there’s good reason: the economic outlook for millennials is dismal. A new
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