mental health
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Health
Mental Health Support Arrives in Jackson County
The National Alliance on Mental Illness is opening a 22nd branch in Jackson County. At an event on Sept. 12, NAMI announced the project will take approximately a year to complete. William Daughtry attended the event at the Jackson County Agricultural Facility to get more insight on the mental health…
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Copenhagen
The Bicycle Benefit: How Cycling Keeps Copenhagen Happy
Approximately 62% of inhabitants in Copenhagen, Denmark, commute to work or school by bike, but only 11% of Americans do the same. Eveliina Peltokoski and Sarah Michel are two of Denmark’s cyclists in “the world’s most bicycle-friendly city,” according to Copenhagenize Index in 2019. “Our nation wasn’t built on the…
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Athens-Clarke County
Nuçi’s Space Works to Destigmatize Mental Illness
On the corner of Williams and Oconee streets, people walking by often catch the sound of music filtering from the recognizable blue brick building. Nuçi’s Space looks like a recording studio and concert venue at first glance, but behind its long-standing walls, the nonprofit is working to destigmatize mental illness. …
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Athens-Clarke County
Volunteering Is Not Just Helpful for Your Community; It Could Also Improve Your Mental Health
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, health officials and leaders warned of an urgent problem within our culture. There was and still remains a mental health crisis in the United States, especially among younger people. The forced isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-and 2021 may be easing now,…
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Athens-Clarke County
Athens Business Owners Find New Paths Following Shutdown
What was hoped to be a successful launch of a new indoor cycling studio in Athens turned into a delayed opening, having to adapt to new protocols, and industry disruptions. This is what the coronavirus pandemic did to Classic City Cycling and to the experience of Amanda Stefani, studio…
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Athens-Clarke County
Singing the Blues: How Athens Musicians Survived the Pandemic
Listen closely — Camilla Sims, known as Convict Julie, tells an intimate story through each verse, chorus and bridge. From the honest and haunting “Dark Matter” to the punk-trap think piece “Drive Bys on Tractors,” Sims channels her innermost vulnerable feelings into every song she writes. For the 22-year-old musician,…
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Health
Getting Happier with Horticulture: The Healthy Benefits of Gardening
From planting gardens to baking bread, the COVID-19 lockdown took some interesting turns in the name of boredom. Now, not only are plants continuing to flourish from our nation’s new interest in gardening, people have also begun witnessing the positive changes horticulture has to offer for mental health. According…
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COVID-19 Coverage
‘More Than A Funk’: How Social Isolation Impacts UGA Students’ Mental Health
Samantha King, a graduate student at the University of Georgia, said the past year has felt like the movie “Groundhog Day.” She gets out of bed, does her schoolwork, eats, goes to bed, and does it all over again the next day. King realized the repetitive lifestyle she experienced as…
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Diversity
Black Journalists Express Strain That Reporting On Black Trauma Takes On Mental Health
For Black journalists, covering race and reporting on tragedy can be especially triggering when they are exposed to Black trauma. According to the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, journalists are often at the forefront of traumatic news events, and exposure to these incidents can result in mental health concerns…
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COVID-19 Coverage
One Year Later: How Sustainable Are Our Self-Care Methods In A Pandemic?
Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared a national state of emergency in March 2020, people have resorted to practicing creative and necessary forms of self-care to help preserve their mental health. The country has endured quarantine periods, work and school from home, a turbulent election and a general overwhelming sense…