Resources You Can Get Your Hands On
2-July-2025 I’ve been diving deeper into my mental health research lately, trying to find various solutions available to people but also overlooked. My goal is to stress some of the readily available resources people can use for their mental health improvement. Here is what I found: Technology can support mental health in various ways, such […]
Going Back To The Roots
2-June-2025 Dr. Rishi Manchanda, a physician and public health innovator, presents a compelling argument for reimagining our healthcare system. He emphasizes the importance of addressing the root causes of illness—factors often found outside the clinical setting, such as housing conditions, environmental exposures, and socioeconomic status. In his talk, Dr. Manchanda introduces the concept of “upstreamists,” […]
Mental Health In Schools
30-March-2025 The Kids Are Not All Right: I found an article online which backs up my ongoing research about mental health policies not being adequately addressed in schools. Even after shifting back to our regular every-day life following the COVID pandemic, many students still struggle with mental health issues. Many external factors fuel our mental […]
Schools Need to Notice Us
23-Feb-2025 I’ve heard people complaining here and there about how schools don’t do anything to promote or consider students’ needs, both including and outside of mental health. I witnessed one such incident a couple days ago. My friend and I have Chemistry as our last class, and from there we always walk to the bus […]
Student Input on Schools and Mental Health
29-Jan-2025 Lately, I’ve been researching policies regarding mental health in our state. I notice that mental health challenges are only getting worse in our communities, especially for teens and high school students like me. Aside from merely gathering information online, I decided to talk to a couple of my friends from school, asking what their […]
How to stop the next pandemic? Stop Deforestation
27-Dec-24 Neil Vora, disease detective for many years, learned one thing from his job: Our reactive approach to public health is flawed. People are attempting to prevent and control outbreaks, and yes, these two are important, but alone are not enough. He also found a correlation between deforestation and the African Ebola outbreak. Communities in […]
Substance Use Addiction Among Adolescent Students
2-Nov-2024 Continuing on with my research about the linkage between drugs and adolescents, I’ve found a review of evidence-based drug reduction programs aimed to look at the underlying neurobiology behind the use of substances in teen school students. 12 research papers were carefully picked to study. Studies show that most teens involved in substance use […]
Drug Prevalence And Its Effects On High Schoolers
30-Sep-2024 I’ve been looking more into analysis on the linkage between drugs and adolescents, and I came across an article which talked about a particular study on this linkage. The cross-sectional study, taking place in Jordan, looked at factors causing teen drug addiction as well as how it affects their behavior. A questionnaire used in […]
Substance Abuse Among Teens
26-Aug-24 Not long ago, I came across some articles that talk about the prevalence of substance abuse among teens and how it’s gradually been increasing with time. One particular page I came across was an article by the American Psychological Association. Teens have always been taught to “just say no” to substances like drugs, but […]
Wastewater Epidemiology
9-August-2024 The Vital Data You Flush Down The Toilet: Newsha Ghaeli talks about an abundance of information on our well-being that runs through city sewers, and we contribute to that information each time nature calls. “Everybody pees and poops — and we know that urine and stool contain a rich source of information on our […]