
Inventive Ways of Delivering Mental Health Care Thrive during the Pandemic
Telehealth and community-based strategies combine to extend the reach of professional services

Inventive Ways of Delivering Mental Health Care Thrive during the Pandemic
Telehealth and community-based strategies combine to extend the reach of professional services

How the Pandemic Is Changing Mental Health
COVID has jostled people’s emotional equilibrium. Therapy apps, telehealth, lay counselors and psilocybin are poised to change the foundations of caregiving


Novel Drug Therapies Could Tackle Treatment-Resistant Depression
An anesthetic, a steroid and a psychedelic are new treatments for a devastating psychiatric disorder

Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulations Guide Better Mental Health Policy
During COVID, Australia has deployed these tools to forecast the impact of economic and social policies on the country’s mental health

Digital Tools Help Train Providers to Fill Gaps in Mental Health Care
The global dearth of providers can be addressed with nontraditional methods of teaching new recruits

School-Based Online Programs Instruct Pupils about Good Mental Health
Education programs in India and New York State teach a basic awareness about stress, anxiety and depression

How Consumers and Health Care Providers Can Judge the Quality of Digital Mental Health Tools
A burgeoning industry of apps and wearables must voluntarily put in place standards to ensure its products and services are based on solid evidence for their effectiveness

Mining Social Media Reveals Mental Health Trends and Helps Prevent Self-Harm
Patterns of word usage in online posts may point to individuals at high risk

Welcome to the Ultimate Neuroscience Lab: Your Smartphone
Digital devices can provide better and more useful information than the typical studies conducted with U.S. college students as participants

Adolescent Mental Health? There’s a ‘Vaccine’ for That
School-based interventions that help students regulate their emotions in healthy ways have proved effective at preventing pandemic-related issues

A New Way to Understand—and Possibly Treat—OCD
People with the disorder seem to have a more flexible “sense of self”

Critical Care Doctors Are in Crisis
Who’s caring for the ICU physicians?