“Research shows that 75% of mental illness begins before age 25. There is a need to make sure that young people have the mental health and substance use support they need, when and where they need it.” Canadian Institute of Health Research, Nov 28, 2022 Mental health in Emerging Adults continues to impact youth across Read More →
As the world continues to evolve, humans rely more and more on technology for daily life. Often, that technology is designed and built by people who are not representative of the diversity of the end users. In 2010 Joseph Heinrich and colleagues introduced the term WEIRD, an acronym for “Western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic”. Read More →
Empathy in the World The Oxford dictionary defines empathy as “the ability to understand another person’s feelings, experience, etc.” In 2019 the World Economic Forum identified the decline in human empathy in its Global Risks Report. The report found that between 1979 and 2000 that levels of empathy fell by 48%. People on average feel Read More →