The Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health’s Kaleigh Emerson has been named the Steve Hicks School of Social Work’s Empoyee of the Quarter for December 2019 through February 2020. Kaleigh is a researcher with the Texas System of Care within the Institute. Recently, she has also been working with the Dell Medical School to […]
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TIEMH Talks: What responsibility do teen TV shows have when portraying mental health crises?
Content Warning: This article contains a discussion about suicide that may be upsetting to some readers. When Netflix launched their controversial series “13 Reasons Why,” the topic of how we portray mental health crises on television entered national conversation. With other teen TV shows continuing to show those crises (including Netflix’s recently released “The Politician,” […]