Actress Glenn Close visits IU to help unveil the new U Bring Change 2 Mind bus campaign
Indiana University Bloomington welcomed a special visitor Tuesday when acclaimed actress Glenn Close stopped by campus to unveil the new U Bring Change 2 Mind College Toolbox Project bus campaign. The lime-green bus features the U Bring Change 2 Mind logo along with a scenario about the effects of stigmatizing someone dealing with a mental […]
IU sociologist appointed to National Academy of Sciences committee
Post by IU Communications colleague Milana Katic: As we all learned from the shocking death of Robin Williams last summer, mental health disorders are often hidden in plain sight. According to the World Health Organization, depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reports that only 39 percent […]
Suicide: A local and national problem
Guest post courtesy of the Indiana Prevention Resource Center: As International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day approaches on Nov. 22, the Indiana Prevention Resource Center at the School of Public Health-Bloomington is calling attention to the problem of suicide among young adults in Indiana and nationally and amassing a collection of online resources related to […]
Everyone wants to matter: Insights into school shootings
Bernice Pescosolido, a highly regarded medical sociologist at Indiana University Bloomington, talks in this TEDxBloomington presentation about some surprising discoveries about the lives of some of the teens who committed murder during school rampages.
Play now, pay later? College athletes’ quality of life later in life
Guest post courtesy of IU Newsroom multimedia intern Lena Morris: Beyond having their names screamed at the games, Division I athletes symbolize the best health and physique of our age group. However, a recent study conducted by Janet Simon, doctoral student at the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington, shows that such ideas might not be […]
A new approach – “Schizo: the Movie”
A few years ago, research by noted Indiana University sociologist Bernice Pescosolido found that Americans who struggled with mental illness still encountered stigmatization that could make their lives even more challenging – despite concerted efforts and public health messages to reverse this. “Prejudice and discrimination in the U.S. aren’t moving,” she said in 2010. “In […]
Do you suffer from nature-deficit disorder?
Author and nature enthusiast Richard Louv, who is speaking at IU Bloomington on Friday, sees a future in which people are as immersed in nature as they are in technology – and I don’t think a man cave is what he has in mind. “The future will belong to the nature-smart – those individuals, families, […]
Mental illness and stigma — are we willing to change?
Mental health disorders can pose challenges to the people afflicted as well as their families. On top of this, these folks — neighbors, coworkers and friends — often experience prejudice and discrimination, barriers Bernice Pescosolido, a medical sociologist at Indiana University, describes as “yet another hit,” to efforts to have productive, enjoyable lives. This stigma […]
