Mental Health/Addiction

Anxiety is one of the growing mental health challenges in the United States. It involves a persistent state of worry and nervousness that can worsen over time, often interfering with daily life. Approximately 31.9% of adolescents in the United States...

The opioid epidemic has hit urban centers hard, particularly my native San Francisco. Drug use disorders have risen to the third leading cause of DALYs in 2019, and the 15th cause of death in 2019 in California. On average, there are 76.3 overdose-related...

Second-hand smoke (SHS) poses a significant global health challenge, particularly impacting children's health due to their developing bodies and the involuntary nature of their exposure. In China, the world's largest consumer and producer of tobacco, this...

The mental health crisis and suicide epidemic in America is a major public health challenge in our country and has substantial impacts, especially among adolescents and young adults. Close to 50 percent of American adolescents aged 13-18 have had a mental...

Anxiety is a problem for individuals of all ages and locations, however, for young children, it is increasingly detrimental. Anxiety can disrupt critical development periods and cause problems later in life. Anxiety delays can even prevent children from...

Risk factors and determinants of mental health include, but are not limited to, exposure to violence, societal pressures, adversity, substance abuse, discrimination or exclusion, and an adverse home life. Poor mental health carries consequences of both...

Despite the heightened visibility of other diseases in the global population, mental illnesses constitute a significant risk to numerous subpopulations. Nowhere is this more evident than the United States, where various mental illnesses create unique...

Artist Julian Handler (2022) Caption The motivation for my product came from my desire to respond to the opioid epidemic, fueled by the recent death of one of my friends from elementary school by an opioid overdose. I wanted to focus my product on...

Artist Erin Hamlin (2022) Caption Research has shown that the two most common reasons for not seeking mental health services among college students with depression were the belief that stress is expected in school and the lack of perceived need for help...

Artist Jay Garg (2022) Caption My project consists of a series of Instagram posts, infographics, and posters about Narcan and the role it can play in reversing an opioid overdose and saving a life. The opioid epidemic has hugely impacted my personal life...