Mental Health

Researchers said habitual social media checking in teens is impacting their brain development at a time when they're already going through "significant structural and functional reorganization."

The study found an association across race/ethnicity and gender, but women may benefit slightly more from the health-protective benefits of having a sense of purpose.

"As guys, we have a tendency to not ask for help. Ego gets in the way, and we start stuffing things deep down in our guts, which is not a good thing," Johnson said.

“I told her ‘I don’t know who you are, but I’m here and I love you, and I’m going to help you,’” Dane Entze said.

Before COVID-19 wreaked havoc on mental health, there was already a surge of youth visits to emergency departments for suicidal thoughts between 2016 and 2019, the study says.

A single dose of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound found in “magic mushrooms,” was found to help some people who previously had gotten little relief from standard antidepressants.

The new research, led by a scientist at Stanford, may tell us “something fundamentally important” about how human emotions work.

The research found that the pandemic made U.S. adults under 30 "moodier and more prone to stress, less cooperative and trusting, and less restrained and responsible."

Researchers concluded that the brain stimulation felt by regularly petting a dog could translate to improved cognitive function down the road.

Doctors say untreated mental illness is more dangerous for a developing fetus than the medications used to treat it.

It’s estimated that about 20% of the workforce is made up of shift workers, who are more at risk of having depression and anxiety, researchers said.

The 988 hotline, which went live in July, was designed to be an easy number to remember, similar to 911.

About 62% of respondents said talking to their plants helps their own mental health and 65% said they believe it helps the plants grow.