Mental Health

World mental health support and the effect of stigma and discrimination

Mental health, as with any other aspects of health, can be affected by a range of socioeconomic factors that need to be addressed through comprehensive strategies involving access to preventions, treatments and facilitating recovery as well as raising awareness.

A Guide to Coping with Change

Managing and Reducing Stress

Analyzing the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health

How does Education Affect Mental Health?

What are the Health Effects of Poverty?

How is Social Media Affecting Mental Health?

What are the Health Effects of Loneliness?

Mental Health in Humanitarian Settings

Pollution and Mental Health

Mental Health Nursing

Treatment Options for Intrusive Thoughts

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The Benefits of Nature for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Supporting Children with Mental Health Disorders

Mental Health Disorders and Children

How has the Wellness Industry Changed over the Last Decade?

Déjà vu Experiences and Mental Illness: Is there a Link?

Mental Health Disorders, Weight Gain, and Exercise

Can Resveratrol Improve Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression?

What Is Psychopathy?

Importance of a Work-Life Balance

The Genetics of Schizophrenia

Transforming Your Life Through Positive Thinking

How is Infant Mental Health Measured?

What is Schizoaffective Disorder?

What is Mental Health First Aid?

Are Mental Health Issues Increasing?

Perfectionism and Depression

The Science of Kindness

Supporting Your Mental Health at Work

How Healthy is Your Job?

What is Mindfulness?

Investigating the Link between Cleaning and Mental Health

What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?

Mental Health Comorbidities

The Impact of Cyberbullying on Mental Health

The Effect of Diet on Mental Health

Maternal Immune Activation During Pregnancy

Mental Health and Cooking

What is Psychotherapy?

What is Social Prescribing?

What is Somatic Symptom Disorder?

The Role of Crisis Teams in Mental Health Management

What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?

The Health Risks of Self-Diagnosing Mental Disorders

Incontinence and Mental Health

How Do Your Emotions Affect Your Physical Health?

Screen Time and Mental Health

Supporting the Mental Health of Minorities

Digestive Disorders and Mental Health

How Crying Could Actually Boost Your Mood

What Is Recovery-Focused Care?

What are the Current Challenges in Mental Health Disorder Diagnosis?

The Psychological Strain of Chronic Physical Illness

What are the Applications of Technology-Based Mental Health Interventions?

Mental Health in a Digitalized Workplace

What are the Health Effects of Watching Television?

The Health Effects of Loss and Grief

Forest Bathing for Health: How Nature Nurtures Wellbeing

Building Resilience: the Neurobiology of Mental Wellbeing

Friluftsliv: The Norwegian Prescription for Health and Happiness

Digital Nutrition: How Social Media Consumption Affects Our Mental Diet

Is a Digital Detox the Answer to Technostress?

Mental Health Support Strategies for Healthcare Workers

Latest Mental Health News and Research

Education boosts well-being, but intelligence can bring you down, study suggests

Study explores causal relationships between educational attainment, intelligence, and well-being, revealing that while education positively impacts well-being, higher intelligence may have a negative effect.

13 May 2024

San Francisco tries tough love by tying welfare to drug rehab

Raymond Llano carries a plastic bag with everything he owns in one hand, a cup of coffee in the other, and the flattened cardboard box he uses as a bed under his arm as he waits in line for lunch at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. At 55, he hasn't had a home for 15 years, since he lost a job at Target.

13 May 2024

First responders, veterans hail benefits of psychedelic drugs as California debates legalization

Wade Trammell recalls the time he and his fellow firefighters responded to a highway crash in which a beer truck rammed into a pole, propelling the truck's engine through the cab and into the driver's abdomen.

13 May 2024

New partnership addresses key challenges for regulating digital mental health technologies

An MHRA and NICE partnership, funded by Wellcome, is addressing key challenges for regulating and evaluating digital mental health technologies (DMHTs) with input from patients, the public and mental health professionals.

11 May 2024

Study sheds light on challenges faced by caregivers of children with genetic conditions

When it comes to improving the lives of children with genetic conditions, medical research often focuses solely on the children. But there is an equally important population in need of research that a faculty member at the University of Colorado Department of Medicine is highlighting -; the caregivers.

10 May 2024

Study finds pressure to be “perfect” leads to unhealthy impacts on both parents and their children

What does it take to help a parent avoid and manage burnout? Experts at Ohio State University came together to design a study on triggers of parental burnout and reported the results of their survey in a report published online.

10 May 2024

Can living in flood-prone areas increase your risk of death?

The long-term effects of flooding on mortality.

10 May 2024

New tool leverages AI to predict suicidal thoughts and behaviors

A new assessment tool that leverages powerful artificial intelligence was able to predict whether participants exhibited suicidal thoughts and behaviors using a quick and simple combination of variables.

9 May 2024

Ensemble deep learning models enhance early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease using neuroimaging data

The developments in ensemble deep learning (EDL) models used to characterize and estimate AD.

9 May 2024

Relaxation interventions can be offered to lactating parents who would like to improve milk supply and increase well-being

A recent study in JAMA Pediatrics explored the utility of relaxation therapy in increasing milk production in human mothers.

9 May 2024

Heightened risk of adverse neonatal outcomes from prenatal exposure to both cannabis and nicotine

A recent JAMA Network Open study found that combined prenatal use of nicotine and cannabis significantly increases risks for adverse perinatal outcomes, such as higher rates of hypertensive disease, preterm delivery, and elevated infant mortality compared to using neither or only one substance.

9 May 2024

Higher cardiorespiratory fitness levels linked to dramatically lower mortality and disease risks, study finds

A study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, aggregating over 20.9 million observations, shows cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) as a consistent predictor of reduced morbidity and mortality across various health outcomes in adults.

8 May 2024

Social media use linked to rising teen mental health issues, study reveals

Researchers detail how social media can shape behavioral, cognitive, and neurobiological changes in adolescents, increasing their vulnerability to mental health issues.

8 May 2024

New tool more accurately predicts an individual's 10-year risk of cardiovascular diseases

Collaborative research, led from the University of Oxford and published today in Nature Medicine, has developed a new tool called QR4 that more accurately predicts an individual's 10-year risk of cardiovascular diseases, like heart disease and stroke, particularly identifying high-risk patients that current prediction tools miss.

8 May 2024

Chronic lack of sleep in childhood linked to increased risk of psychosis in early adulthood

Children who experience chronic lack of sleep from infancy may be at increased risk of developing psychosis in early adulthood, new research shows.

8 May 2024

Study reveals the lifelong toll of childhood maltreatment

A study examining childhood maltreatment in Australia has revealed the shocking burden for Australians, estimating it causes up to 40 percent of common, life-long mental health conditions.

8 May 2024

THC detected in breast milk of cannabis-using mothers, study shows

When breastfeeding mothers in a recent study used cannabis, its psychoactive component THC showed up in the milk they produced.

8 May 2024

Pressure to be "perfect" leads to unhealthy impacts on both parents and children, study finds

Is the status of "perfect parent" attainable? Researchers leading a national dialogue about parental burnout from The Ohio State University College of Nursing and the university's Office of the Chief Wellness Officer say "no," and a new study finds that pressure to try to be "perfect" leads to unhealthy impacts on both parents and their children.

8 May 2024

They were shot at the super bowl parade — and might have bullets in their bodies forever

James Lemons, 39, wants the bullet removed from his thigh so he can go back to work.

8 May 2024

UCLA Health symposium explores the fusion of psychedelic therapies and ecological medicine

UCLA Health is set to host a unique symposium this week to explore the evolving research in psychedelic therapies and how combining it with reconnection to natural world could help to amplify their mental health benefits.

7 May 2024