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How People With Autism Forge Friendships

By Lydia Denworth — 2020

Most autistic people want to and can make friends, though their relationships often have a distinctive air.

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The Top Mental Health Challenges Facing Students

Experts and researchers use terms like “epidemic” and “crisis” to characterize the mental health challenges currently facing American college students. Statistics back up these claims.

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Staff Writers
2021
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When a Physical Disability Keeps You from Getting Mental Health Help

Depression and suicidal ideation are more likely among people with disabilities due to factors like abuse, isolation, and stressors related to poverty, among others.

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Heather Morrison
2020
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Gay and on the Autism Spectrum: My Experience Growing Up in the Closet

Things have dramatically improved in my life since high school. I am lucky that I have a family that loves me, that I have friends who support me and that I live in a progressive area like Montgomery County, Maryland. Many people are less lucky.

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Eric Ascher
2018
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Suicide, a Crime of Loneliness

Every forty seconds, someone commits suicide. In the United States, it is the tenth most common cause of death in people over ten years of age, far more common than death by homicide or aneurysm or aids.

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Andrew Solomon
2014
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Michael Phelps: ‘I Can’t See Any More Suicides’

In the documentary “The Weight of Gold,” Phelps presents a stark picture of the mental wear and tear Olympians endure.

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Matthew Futterman
2020
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Male Depression and Anxiety in Athletes

Michael Phelps, the most decorated athlete in Olympic history with 28 medals, has acknowledged that after the 2012 games, his longtime depression was so overwhelming he thought about killing himself.

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Diane Herbst
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How Olympians Are Fighting to Put Athletes’ Mental Health First

More athletes are reporting mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, psychiatric conditions and eating disorders.

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Alice Park
2021
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