Mental Health
Do You ‘Matter’ to Others? The Answer Could Predict Your Mental Health
The psychological construct of mattering gauges the risk of depression, suicide and other disorders
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Mental Health
The Number of Children Orphaned by COVID Keeps Rising
HIV has taught us how to care for children who have lost a parent, but more countries need to step up
Mental Health
Doctors Need to Learn to Talk about Suicide
Medical schools have neglected suicide, one of the leading causes of death. Teaching specific skills, including empathy, can help doctors save lives
Mental Health
Children’s Risk of Suicide Increases on School Days
Unlike in adults, suicide risk among children is lowest during the summer and higher during the school year. Understanding these patterns can help prevent and treat suicidality
Psychology
Why COVID Makes So Many of Us Feel Guilty
Making decisions based on complex information is frustrating and stressful, but a change in mindset can help
Mental Health
A Look at the Mental Health Provisions in the New Gun Law
Most of the $13 billion appropriated in the new legislation Congress recently passed focuses on mental health programs
Mental Health
A Single, Quick ‘Mindset’ Exercise Protects against Adolescent Stress
Reframing erroneous beliefs alleviates the emotional upheavals that beset young people on the cusp of adulthood
Mental Health
When Things Feel Unreal, Is That a Delusion or an Insight?
The psychiatric syndrome called derealization raises profound moral and philosophical questions
Mental Health
Mass Shootings Leave Lasting Psychological Wounds
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
Mental Health
Mental Health Care Should Be Available for All, Not a Luxury
The stress of COVID fractured a system that was already cracked
Mental Health
Science Shows How to Protect Kids’ Mental Health, but It’s Being Ignored
Yes, the COVID pandemic has made the youth mental health crisis worse. But our teens were in trouble long before that
Mental Health
The Pandemic Generation
Child development researchers are investigating whether the pandemic is shaping early brain development and behavior
Mental Health
We Need Better Diagnostic Tests for Autism in Women
Diagnostic criteria are developed using white boys and men, failing to serve many neurodivergent girls and women
Mental Health
Your Kid Is Probably Not an ‘Orchid’ or a ‘Dandelion’—But Could Be Both
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
Mental Health
Ukrainians Face Lasting Psychological Wounds from Russian Invasion
A psychiatrist who specializes in PTSD and stress describes the trauma that war survivors and refugees commonly experience
Mental Health
Psychologists Urge Peers to Take Climate Action
The nation’s largest association of psychologists said its members should do more to treat the dangerous health effects of rising temperatures
Climate Change
How a Record-Breaking Heat Wave Fueled Climate Anxiety
The psychological effects of climate change are a growing concern among mental health experts
Mental Health
COVID Threatens to Bring a Wave of Hikikomori to America
We should work to protect others from falling into long-term social withdrawal
Public Health
Latest COVID Surge Pushes Parents to Next-Level Stress
The new normal this winter is longer drives for kids’ tests, multiday waits for results, drug-store restock alerts and social media tips
Cognition
What Will 2022 Bring in the Way of Misinformation on Social Media? 3 Experts Weigh In
The one-year anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is raising concerns about falsehoods that increase the risk of repeat events
