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The Ice Bucket Challenge, famous for ALS awareness, has been revived to raise funds for the mental health organization Active Minds, sparking controversy among the ALS community.
AMA Neurology has established an awakening potential link between prolonged consumption of common psychiatric medications ...
Over a decade after the viral "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge," these college students sparked a new trend in support of mental health. Reactions are mixed.
Each year, an estimated 5,000-6,000 Americans are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease — a neurodegenerative disease that leads to muscle ...
In addition to the physical toll these symptoms take on a person’s body, there is also an acute impact on their mental health and quality of life. Since October 2019, third-year medical student Anika ...
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This May, the ALS Association and Active Minds are teaming up to raise awareness for two urgent health priorities: ALS and mental health. The collaboration ...
At ALS clinic, supporting mental health care not an afterthought. ... Pat Vitkow remembers something she saw from her first visit to the Philadelphia clinic where she gets treated for amyotrophic ...
Mental Health America recognizes Mental Health Month every May, and this year’s theme is “Where to Start.” A part of that is helping individuals learn how modern life affects mental health and how ...
James Charles, who joked that he “couldn’t believe we were back in 2014,” brought attention to both ALS and mental health. His post has received nearly 30M views on TikTok.
The viral Ice Bucket Challenge is back, but this time it is not raising awareness for the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Instead, it is shining a light on mental ...