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July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental Health America's 2026 BIPOC Mental Health Toolkit is now available. This year's toolkit is designed to help communities of color have more good days by finding moments of good despite ongoing stress, strengthening connections in trusted spaces, and supporting everyday mental health conversations. The toolkit is available in both English and Spanish.
3 Ways Helpers Can Prevent Burnout
Crisis & Trauma Resource Institute
While anyone can experience burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma, professional helpers who work in the health care and social services fields are more susceptible than the general population. Helping others as a career can be rewarding, but it can also come at an unspoken cost.
Does leisure activity matter for epigenetic aging? Analyses of arts engagement and physical activity in the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Innovation in Aging: D. Fancourt, PhD; L. Masebo, MSc; S. Finn, PhD; H.W. Mak, PhD; F. Bu, PhD
This study provides the first evidence that engaging in arts and cultural activities is associated with a slower pace of biological aging, with benefits similar to physical activity. Based on high-quality data and robust methods, these findings extend the existing literature on arts and health, positioning arts and cultural engagement as a novel, modifiable factor for healthy aging at the biological level. The evidence provides a scientific basis for integrating arts and cultural activities into public health frameworks and individual health behaviors, presenting an accessible and enriching pathway to healthy aging.
Medical Student Perceptions of Psychological Safety in the Clinical Learning Environment
The Clinical Teacher: K. Lappé; J. O’Donohoe; R. Bonnett; J. Colbert-Getz; H. Campbell; K. Hastings; K.E. Brownson; S. Lamb; C. Chow
Psychological safety in the learning environment allows students to take risks without fear of humiliation or negative consequences. The psychological safety of health care teams has been studied at three levels: organizational, team, and individual. The present study explored student perceptions of facilitators and barriers of psychological safety in the clinical learning environment.
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