Category: White Paper

The Effects of Social Media on the Mental Health of Children and The Use of Digital Media to Promote Well-Being Introduction: Social media is a double-edged sword when it comes to mental health. Over the past decade, with more technology and platforms coming out, like TikTok, it feels like there is no escaping social media…

Mindfulness and How the Chair of Joy Can Promote the Mental Well-being of Children Introduction: Mental health exercises like mindfulness have been an effective tool used in hospitals, schools, and at home to promote the mental well-being of children. Even before the pandemic, these strategies have started to gain more attention in the past two…

Mental Health Research in Children Introduction: Mental health in children has worsened over the last decade, especially with the recent COVID-19 pandemic. In 2020, a survey of over 1,000 parents by the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago taken around the United States had 71% of parents say that the pandemic had…

Cultural Stigma and Mental Health Introduction: The term stigma, especially regarding mental health, is a complex notion. Although most would agree that stigmatization is negative, there is little agreement on what constitutes a stigma. Erving Goffman [1], a very impactful Canadian-American sociologist in the 20th century, defined stigma as ‘[an] attribute that is deeply discrediting.’ But…