Mental Health

Reframing erroneous beliefs alleviates the emotional upheavals that beset young people on the cusp of adulthood

Research suggests platform designs make us lose track of time spent on them and can heighten conflicts, and then we feel upset with ourselves

The psychiatric syndrome called derealization raises profound moral and philosophical questions

Tragedies such as the ones in Uvalde, Tex., and Buffalo, N.Y., can lead to major depression, PTSD and other lingering mental distress among survivors

The stress of COVID fractured a system that was already cracked

Yes, the COVID pandemic has made the youth mental health crisis worse. But our teens were in trouble long before that

Child development researchers are investigating whether the pandemic is shaping early brain development and behavior

Diagnostic criteria are developed using white boys and men, failing to serve many neurodivergent girls and women

Most children have a unique profile of both sensitivity and resilience to outside pressures, responding with different degrees of vulnerability to difficult or beneficial circumstances

A psychiatrist who specializes in PTSD and stress describes the trauma that war survivors and refugees commonly experience

The nation’s largest association of psychologists said its members should do more to treat the dangerous health effects of rising temperatures

The psychological effects of climate change are a growing concern among mental health experts