Mental Health
Youth Mental Health: Understanding the Adolescent Crisis
Rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidality among adolescents have risen substantially over the past decade. The causes are multiple and the responses must be too.
Writing
Notes & essays.
Thinking out loud about psychology, education, policy, healthcare, and whatever else has my attention.
Education
Advising as Teaching: The Undervalued Role of Academic Mentorship
The most influential educators in a student's experience are often not their classroom instructors. Academic advisors and mentors shape trajectories in ways that outlast any single course.
Mental Health
Eating Disorders: What Research Shows About Causes, Treatment, and Recovery
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental health condition. Understanding the evidence on causes and treatment is essential for better outcomes.
Healthcare
Mental Health Integration in Primary Care: Research on Collaborative Care Models
Most mental healthcare in the United States happens in primary care, not specialty settings. Research on integrated care models shows how to make this informal system work more effectively.
Education
College-Going Culture in High Schools: How Schools Shape Student Aspirations
High school environments significantly shape whether students believe college is a realistic option for them. Creating supportive college-going cultures is both possible and important.
Mental Health
Mindfulness-Based Interventions: What Research Shows About Effectiveness and Limitations
Mindfulness programs have proliferated across healthcare, schools, and workplaces. Rigorous evaluation reveals genuine benefits for some populations alongside important limitations and open questions.
Healthcare
Elder Care Workforce Crisis: What Research Shows About a Growing Emergency
The United States faces a severe shortage of workers to care for its aging population. Research on the causes of the elder care workforce crisis and potential solutions is increasingly urgent.
Education
Summer Learning Loss and How to Address It
Students from low-income households lose significantly more academic ground over summer than their more advantaged peers. The gap is real, cumulative, and addressable with the right investments.
Mental Health
Trauma Informed Care: A Framework That Changes How We Work With People
Trauma informed care asks not 'what's wrong with you?' but 'what happened to you?' The shift changes the therapeutic relationship and the interventions that follow.