Mental Health

Technology is supposed to save us time, right? Turns out, it’s stealing some of our most precious time, but it’s not too late to get it back

Universities need to train their faculty to be better mentors to students of color, and to understand these students’ vulnerabilities

A long-term decline in unsupervised activity may be contributing to mental health declines in children and adolescents.

As interest and support for psychedelic research grows, scientists share their hopes for the future.

Laxative misuse is cropping up in wellness and weight-loss social media communities—and some experts are concerned about its close ties to eating disorders

Researchers have documented that social media can harm teens

Some states have begun to buy into the need for off-site firearm storage to protect those at risk of suicide

Mental health specialists discuss strategies for residents reexperiencing trauma in the aftermath of hurricanes, wildfires and floods

Rapid advances in generative artificial intelligence have prompted big questions about the future of work and even human creativity. Experts have suggestions for how to manage all these unknowns

Counter to the conventional wisdom, suppression of distressing thoughts could be an invaluable addition in treating depression, anxiety and trauma

Implanted electrodes pick up a pattern of brain waves that can signal the presence or absence of depression and perhaps predict its relapse