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.

How is Social Media Affecting Mental Health?

Are Mental Health Issues Increasing?

What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?

Incontinence and Mental Health

Maternal Immune Activation During Pregnancy

Building Resilience: the Neurobiology of Mental Wellbeing

The Benefits of Nature for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

What are the Health Effects of Poverty?

The Impact of Cyberbullying on Mental Health

How is Infant Mental Health Measured?

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

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What is Social Prescribing?

Supporting the Mental Health of Minorities

How Do Your Emotions Affect Your Physical Health?

Mental Health Comorbidities

What Is Recovery-Focused Care?

What is Schizoaffective Disorder?

Mental Health and Cooking

The Health Risks of Self-Diagnosing Mental Disorders

Friluftsliv: The Norwegian Prescription for Health and Happiness

What is Somatic Symptom Disorder?

What is Psychotherapy?

Can Resveratrol Improve Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression?

A Guide to Coping with Change

Is a Digital Detox the Answer to Technostress?

What is Mental Health First Aid?

Analyzing the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health

How has the Wellness Industry Changed over the Last Decade?

Pollution and Mental Health

What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?

The Science of Kindness

Mental Health Disorders, Weight Gain, and Exercise

Importance of a Work-Life Balance

Supporting Children with Mental Health Disorders

What are the Health Effects of Loneliness?

What are the Health Effects of Watching Television?

The Genetics of Schizophrenia

Transforming Your Life Through Positive Thinking

Mental Health Nursing

Mental Health in Humanitarian Settings

What are the Current Challenges in Mental Health Disorder Diagnosis?

Supporting Your Mental Health at Work

Mental Health Support Strategies for Healthcare Workers

How does Education Affect Mental Health?

Perfectionism and Depression

Screen Time and Mental Health

Managing and Reducing Stress

Forest Bathing for Health: How Nature Nurtures Wellbeing

The Role of Crisis Teams in Mental Health Management

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

The Health Effects of Loss and Grief

The Effect of Diet on Mental Health

The Psychological Strain of Chronic Physical Illness

What Is Psychopathy?

Digestive Disorders and Mental Health

Digital Nutrition: How Social Media Consumption Affects Our Mental Diet

How Crying Could Actually Boost Your Mood

What is Mindfulness?

Mental Health Disorders and Children

Mental Health in a Digitalized Workplace

How Healthy is Your Job?

Investigating the Link between Cleaning and Mental Health

Treatment Options for Intrusive Thoughts

Latest Mental Health News and Research

Cannabidiol could become a therapeutic tool for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Cannabidiol (CBD) could become a therapeutic tool to address some of the most frequent and disabling consequences of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a condition caused by alcohol exposure during pregnancy.

14 Jan 2026

Vaccines are helping older people more than we knew

Let's be clear: The primary reason to be vaccinated against shingles is that two shots provide at least 90% protection against a painful, blistering disease that a third of Americans will suffer in their lifetimes, one that can cause lingering nerve pain and other nasty long-term consequences.

14 Jan 2026

Implanted vagus nerve stimulation device offers lasting relief for severe depression

About 20% of U.S. adults experience major depression in their lifetime. For most people, symptoms improve within a few treatment attempts, but up to one-third of patients have treatment-resistant depression, for which standard antidepressant medication or psychotherapy isn't enough.

13 Jan 2026

Researchers uncover unexpected role of the cerebellum in schizophrenia's negative symptoms

Apathy, social withdrawal, and loss of motivation — the so-called ''negative'' symptoms of schizophrenia — are among the most disabling and hardest to treat.

13 Jan 2026

Breastfeeding is linked to lower depression and anxiety years later

A decade-long study links breastfeeding to lower anxiety and depression in mothers, suggesting long-term mental health benefits beyond the postnatal period.

13 Jan 2026

This California strategy safeguarded some Medicaid social services funding from Trump

When Virginia Guevara moved into a studio apartment in California's Orange County in 2024 after nearly a decade of homelessness, she needed far more than a roof and a bed.

13 Jan 2026

Brain immune cells drive persistent negative emotions after repeated binge drinking

New research has identified that neuroinflammation driven by microglia (immune cells in the brain) is a primary underlying driver of prolonged negative feelings caused by repeated, sustained binge drinking (binge exposure).

12 Jan 2026

Social, family and health factors contribute to bullying among adolescents

Bullying in the United States remains a serious public health issue with consequences that extend far beyond the school grounds.

12 Jan 2026

UOC project aims to develop a digital solution to evaluate depression apps for patients

Diagnoses of depression, one of the most common mental disorders, increased by nearly 50% between 1990 and 2017, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO). Currently, depression affects around 5% of the world's population.

12 Jan 2026

California's school-based tobacco prevention program linked to lower youth smoking, vaping rates

Researchers from University of California San Diego report that an expanded, school-based tobacco prevention program in California was associated with significantly lower rates of smoking and vaping among middle and high school students.

12 Jan 2026

Millions of Americans are expected to drop their Affordable Care Act plans. They’re looking for a plan B.

It's feeding time for the animals on this property outside Nashville, Tennessee. An albino raccoon named Cricket reaches through the wires of its cage to grab an animal cracker, an appetizer treat right before the evening meal.

12 Jan 2026

Study provides insights into well-visit attendance from mid-adolescence to young adulthood

It's common that as kids get to high school and transition to adulthood, they begin to skip yearly wellness visits with a pediatrician or other primary care provider.

9 Jan 2026

Breastfeeding linked to lower long-term depression and anxiety in mothers

Breastfeeding may lower mothers' later life risks of depression and anxiety for up to 10 years after pregnancy, suggest the findings of an observational study, BMJ Open' page">published in the open access journal BMJ Open.

9 Jan 2026

Federal rental assistance during COVID-19 pandemic improved mental health

Federal rental assistance distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic did far more than help people stay in their homes. It also improved their mental health.

9 Jan 2026

Thrift store. Clinic. Roller rink. Center becomes ‘radical’ lifeline amid homelessness, drug crises.

From the outside, the abandoned Family Dollar store in the Lower 9th Ward looks intimidating. It's covered in graffiti, with aluminum cans and trash dotting the parking lot.

9 Jan 2026

Breastfeeding linked to reduced maternal depression and anxiety up to ten years

Breastfeeding may lower mothers' later life risks of depression and anxiety for up to 10 years after pregnancy, suggest the findings of a small observational study, published in the open access journal BMJ Open.

8 Jan 2026

In Lodge Grass, Montana, a Crow community works to rebuild from meth’s destruction

Brothers Lonny and Teyon Fritzler walked amid the tall grass and cottonwood trees surrounding their boarded-up childhood home near the Little Bighorn River and daydreamed about ways to rebuild.

8 Jan 2026

Expanded HIV treatment dramatically reduced orphanhood rates in Uganda

The scale-up of HIV treatment and prevention programs has led to remarkable declines in orphanhood rates in Rakai, Uganda, according to a new study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

7 Jan 2026

Day case surgery linked to significant readmission and chronic pain risks

Two new studies published in Anaesthesia (the journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) analyzing pain and other factors connected with day surgery in the UK show that around 1 in 8 patients having day-case surgery end up not going home and instead are admitted to hospital for various complications.

7 Jan 2026

Strengthening primary health care to reduce NCD burden in the Americas

The Pan American Journal of Public Health, the scientific publication of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), recently published a special issue dedicated to strengthening primary health care to address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in the Americas.

7 Jan 2026