Mental health
In September, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine released a set of online tools to help children and parents cope with the mental health strain of the COVID-19 pandemic. Available for free online, the resource features videos and comics in English and Spanish. For information, visit www.nap.edu/resource/other/dbasse/wellbeing-tools/interactive.
Health care
St. Martin’s Press published “The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town,” by Brian Alexander in March. The book explores health care systems in small towns and increasing pressure from larger for-profit systems. For more information, visit https://us.macmillan.com/.
Marijuana
In August, MIT Press published “Cannabis: Global Histories,” edited by Lucas Richert, PhD, and James Mills. The book offers case studies from around the globe on marijuana consumption and commercial interests over the past century. For more information, visit https://mitpress.mit.edu/.
Women’s health
Penguin Random House published “Unwell Women,” by Elinor Cleghorn, PhD, in June. The book examines the history of women’s health under a system historically centered on men’s health. For more information, visit www.penguinrandomhouse.com.
Health care
In May, McGraw-Hill Education published “Care After COVID: What the Pandemic Revealed is Broken in Health Care and how to Reinvent it,” by Shantanu Nundy, MD, MBA, in May. The book offers a plan of action to rebuild the U.S. health care system after the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information, visit https://www.mheducation.com/.
Surgery
Wolters Kluwer announced a multi-year agreement to publish the Journal of the American College of Surgeons in August. The highly ranked peer-reviewed surgery journal begin publication under Wolters Kluwer in January. For more information, visit www.wolterskluwer.com.
School punishment
In October, Johns Hopkins University Press published “Suspended: Punishment, Violence and the Failure of School Safety,” by Charles Bell. The book examines how school policies on punishment disproportionately harm Black youth. For more information, visit https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu.
Dementia
Johns Hopkins University Press published “American Dementia: Brain Health in an Unhealthy Society,” by Daniel George, PhD, MSc, and Peter Whitehouse, MD, PhD, in September. The book explores links between cognitive health, aging, health policy and inequity. For more information, visit https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu.
Raihana Mehreen contributed to this story.
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