by Rachel Perez Major depressive disorder, also called clinical depression, impacts our mood in ways that show consistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest or pleasure in everyday life. MDD is the second most diagnosed mental disorder, impacting about 8% of the population every year. As many face struggling circumstances of MDD, it is important to recognize the warning signs that vary from person to person. Being able to identify these will lead to the improvement of o

by Keerthi Sriram Much of the unhoused community is known to struggle with mental health issues, and despite this disparity, there seems to be little to no change being made in terms of access or engagement from the unhoused. Social programs regarding mental health for the unhoused do exist, except they miss one key component: clinical psychology placements. Unhoused individuals face poor health and trauma at high numbers, yet oftentimes, there are many barriers to their a

by Rachel Perez Findings on the relationship of the unhoused population and mental disorders has been discovered through the work of a meta analysis, focusing on the years of 2006-2021. Noteworthy interventions, treatments plans, diagnosis patterns, and statistics have been discovered by this research in order to be implemented in the growth of the homeless population's mental health care. With the combination of 39 studies, and a total of 8,049 homeless individuals, examine

by Olivia Eknoian The unhoused population is consistently at the forefront of public policy discourse, but we haven’t yet been able to meaningfully address the issue. This is in large part due to the many implicated interest groups and the generally complex web of factors that contribute to a person’s unhoused status. Understanding that structural factors interact to create a negative feedback loop that reinforces homelessness, interventions must necessarily be systemic. W

by Jessica Sanchez There is a bidirectional link between housing instability and mental health. The authors of the article explain that it has long been a confusing topic in terms of thinking about whether it is poor mental health that causes homelessness or homelessness that causes poor mental health. First, we have to acknowledge that not all unhoused individuals have a severe mental health issue, contrary to what many people believe. We do know however, that homelessnes