ICU teams report fatigue and frustration as they brace for omicron surge
A resurgence in COVID-19 cases is testing the endurance of health care workers who care for the sickest patients, most of whom are unvaccinated.
Mental Health
Lessons learned from the Joplin tornado: peer-to-peer mental health programs
As part of a response to a tornado a decade ago that killed more than 160 people, the Missouri city of Joplin developed a peer-to-peer mental health program that's been widely replicated.
Limits on virtual addiction treatment may soon return, making care harder to access
A ban on using telemedicine to prescribe controlled medications was suspended in the pandemic. That's allowed many to seek opioid addiction treatment, but some worry about potential for abuse.
Why your doctor may be quilting and your nurse may have a podcast
You could call them hobbies. But for some health workers facing burnout, creative outlets provide more than solace — they give a sense of meaning and community.
Logic's song '1-800-273-8255' may have led to hundreds of fewer suicides, study finds
In 2017, the rapper Logic named a song after the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline phone number. A new study has found it may have had a remarkable impact.
Using poetry to understand grief during a very difficult year
It's been a difficult year for many people. NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with poet Danez Smith about using poetry to understand and process complex emotions like grief.
Did a song by the rapper Logic lead to fewer suicides?
When rapper Logic's song "1-800-273-8255" — the digits for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline — came out, the hotline started getting more calls.
Meet 4 people who worry about CTE, but never played in the NFL
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is infamous in the NFL. But there's a quiet population of everyday people who never played pro sports yet fear CTE. Here are some of their stories.
Everyday people fear they have CTE. A dubious market has sprung up to treat them
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) goes far beyond the NFL. Everyday men and women worry they have the fatal disease, and they've turned to questionable brain products for help.
Here's what schools are doing to try to address students' social-emotional needs
New federal numbers show the nation's schools are hiring and training staff and expanding previous curricula to address student mental health.