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.

Pollution and Mental Health

Mental Health Nursing

Treatment Options for Intrusive Thoughts

Supporting Children with Mental Health Disorders

Mental Health Disorders and Children

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?

Latest Mental Health News and Research

People with chronic pain may find it harder to regulate emotions

More than three million Australians experience chronic pain: an ongoing and often debilitating condition that can last from months to years.

29 Jul 2021

Improvements in neural learning processes linked to reduced symptoms of depression

Virginia Tech scientists with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have identified neural learning processes to be associated with symptoms of depression and linked improvements in these processes to improved symptoms in research participants being treated for depression.

28 Jul 2021

Researchers use AI to identify main predictors of suicidal behaviors in students

How can we predict suicide risk in students, especially at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected many people's mental health? According to researchers from Montreal and France, self-esteem represents an important predictive marker of suicidal risk.

28 Jul 2021

Research shows how brain mechanisms of fatigue influence people’s motivation to work

Fatigue - the feeling of exhaustion from doing effortful tasks - is something we all experience daily. It makes us lose motivation and want to take a break.

28 Jul 2021

Women say California insurer makes it too hard to get drug for postpartum depression

When Miriam McDonald decided she wanted to have another baby at age 44, her doctor told her she had a better chance of winning the lottery. So when she got pregnant right away, she and her husband were thrilled. But within three days of giving birth to their son, in September 2019, everything shifted.

28 Jul 2021

Study improves understanding of how formal volunteering influences health and well-being

Formal volunteering in later life is beneficial for both physical and psychological well-being. However, research has shown that older adults with key advantages, such as wealth, are more likely to volunteer and reap its benefits.

27 Jul 2021

Measurement of death needs to be improved to save lives in future

In a world dealing with the worst public health crisis in a century, the current U.S. system for tracking deaths suffers from organizational, political and procedural flaws that actually put public health and safety at risk, and requires significant updates and reform to solve the problems laid bare by the COVID-19 pandemic.

27 Jul 2021

Child's toothbrushing habits linked to mother's mental health

A mother's mental health may play a larger role in a child's toothbrushing habits than previously thought.

26 Jul 2021

As holdout Missouri joins nation in monitoring opioid prescriptions, experts worry

Kathi Arbini said she felt elated when Missouri finally caught up to the other 49 states and approved a statewide prescription drug monitoring program this June in an attempt to curb opioid addiction.

26 Jul 2021

The pandemic made telemedicine an instant hit. Patients and providers feel the growing pains.

Crystal Joseph pays for two telemedicine video services to ensure that her small therapy practice in Silver Spring, Maryland, can always connect with its clients.

26 Jul 2021

Brain’s locus coeruleus may be a sophisticated regulator of learning and behavior

Small and seemingly specialized, the brain's locus coeruleus (LC) region has been stereotyped for its outsized export of the arousal-stimulating neuromodulator norepinephrine.

26 Jul 2021

Study finds unacceptable mental health service shortfalls for children in high-income countries

Most children with a mental health disorder are not receiving services to address their needs--according to a new study from researchers at Simon Fraser University's Children's Health Policy Centre.

23 Jul 2021

Research explores the mental health of new parents and importance of social support

New parents often find themselves with negative self-image and feel alienated from support networks, new research has found.

23 Jul 2021

Research shows mental health consequences of long-term stays in refugee camps

A new quantitative study suggests people seeking asylum are more likely to experience mental health deterioration as they spend more time living in refugee camps, backing up qualitative evidence from aid organizations.

22 Jul 2021

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Delta changes the covid conversation

The resurgence of covid cases in the U.S. — largely attributable to the much more contagious delta variant — has given policymakers the jitters.

22 Jul 2021

Experts call for immediate action to ensure physical activity is built into everyday lives

Not enough progress has been made to address physical inactivity worldwide, with adolescents and people living with disabilities (PLWD) among the least likely populations to have the support needed to meet the World Health Organization (WHO)'s physical activity guidelines.

22 Jul 2021

Mental Health

Overview

Pollution and Mental Health

Mental Health Nursing

Treatment Options for Intrusive Thoughts

Feature Articles

Supporting Children with Mental Health Disorders

Mental Health Disorders and Children

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?

Latest Mental Health News and Research

People with chronic pain may find it harder to regulate emotions

Improvements in neural learning processes linked to reduced symptoms of depression

Researchers use AI to identify main predictors of suicidal behaviors in students

Research shows how brain mechanisms of fatigue influence people’s motivation to work

Women say California insurer makes it too hard to get drug for postpartum depression

Study improves understanding of how formal volunteering influences health and well-being

Measurement of death needs to be improved to save lives in future

Child's toothbrushing habits linked to mother's mental health

As holdout Missouri joins nation in monitoring opioid prescriptions, experts worry

The pandemic made telemedicine an instant hit. Patients and providers feel the growing pains.

Brain’s locus coeruleus may be a sophisticated regulator of learning and behavior

Study finds unacceptable mental health service shortfalls for children in high-income countries

Research explores the mental health of new parents and importance of social support

Research shows mental health consequences of long-term stays in refugee camps

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Delta changes the covid conversation

Experts call for immediate action to ensure physical activity is built into everyday lives

Study evaluates ICU workers' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Experts develop consensus statement to help improve long-term well-being of people with HIV

Study looks into COVID-19 partial school closures and mental health problems among students

Knowledge and support from primary care services can improve women's health during menopause

Increasing your risk of IBD through processed food

World Brain Day 2021: An interview with Professor Alan Thompson

Preventing lethal blood clots

Mental Health

Overview

Feature Articles

Supporting Children with Mental Health Disorders

Mental Health Disorders and Children

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?

Latest Mental Health News and Research

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