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?

The Science of Kindness

What Is Psychopathy?

What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?

What is Social Prescribing?

Managing and Reducing Stress

Mental Health in Humanitarian Settings

Maternal Immune Activation During Pregnancy

Screen Time and Mental Health

Transforming Your Life Through Positive Thinking

How Crying Could Actually Boost Your Mood

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Incontinence and Mental Health

Treatment Options for Intrusive Thoughts

The Psychological Strain of Chronic Physical Illness

Digestive Disorders and Mental Health

What Is Recovery-Focused Care?

How is Infant Mental Health Measured?

How Healthy is Your Job?

Mental Health Support Strategies for Healthcare Workers

How Do Your Emotions Affect Your Physical Health?

Can Resveratrol Improve Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression?

Friluftsliv: The Norwegian Prescription for Health and Happiness

The Impact of Cyberbullying on Mental Health

How does Education Affect Mental Health?

Mental Health Disorders, Weight Gain, and Exercise

Is a Digital Detox the Answer to Technostress?

What is Mindfulness?

Analyzing the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health

What is Psychotherapy?

The Health Risks of Self-Diagnosing Mental Disorders

What are the Health Effects of Watching Television?

What is Mental Health First Aid?

The Benefits of Nature for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

What are the Current Challenges in Mental Health Disorder Diagnosis?

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

Mental Health and Cooking

The Health Effects of Loss and Grief

A Guide to Coping with Change

Supporting Your Mental Health at Work

Are Mental Health Issues Increasing?

What is Somatic Symptom Disorder?

Investigating the Link between Cleaning and Mental Health

What are the Health Effects of Loneliness?

The Role of Crisis Teams in Mental Health Management

Building Resilience: the Neurobiology of Mental Wellbeing

How has the Wellness Industry Changed over the Last Decade?

Mental Health Comorbidities

Pollution and Mental Health

What is Schizoaffective Disorder?

The Effect of Diet on Mental Health

The Genetics of Schizophrenia

Importance of a Work-Life Balance

Mental Health Disorders and Children

Forest Bathing for Health: How Nature Nurtures Wellbeing

Digital Nutrition: How Social Media Consumption Affects Our Mental Diet

Mental Health Nursing

Supporting Children with Mental Health Disorders

Perfectionism and Depression

Supporting the Mental Health of Minorities

What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?

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

What are the Health Effects of Poverty?

Mental Health in a Digitalized Workplace

Latest Mental Health News and Research

Using machine learning to identify individuals at risk for intimate partner violence

Researchers at Mass General Brigham have developed a series of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that uses machine learning to identify individuals who may be at risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) using information from their electronic medical records (EMRs).

13 Mar 2026

Everyday wearable data could reveal early brain health signals

Wearable sensors combined with AI offer a novel approach to continuous monitoring of cognitive and emotional health, detecting early changes in brain function.

12 Mar 2026

New digital shield against metabolic disease in youth psychosis

A new clinic-ready web-based risk prediction tool called PsyMetRiC is now available to forecast the risk of young people with psychosis developing cardiometabolic disorders such as obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes.

12 Mar 2026

Parents struggle when teens gain control over health decisions at 16

When young people reach the age of 16, parents no longer have access to their child’s health information. For many families, this change comes unexpectedly.

11 Mar 2026

Long-term study reveals lifelong challenges for children with single-ventricle heart disease

Children born with single‑ventricle heart disease, a rare and serious heart defect, often undergo multiple surgeries in their first years of life.

11 Mar 2026

High medical debt leads to significant delays in routine and preventive care

Medical debt is associated with deferred dental care, medical care, and mental health care, even among people with health insurance, according to a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

11 Mar 2026

ADHD prescriptions surged during the COVID-19 pandemic

A study reveals COVID-19 reshaped stimulant prescribing patterns in Ontario, highlighting increased ADHD diagnoses and concerns over treatment appropriateness.

11 Mar 2026

New review calls for biologically grounded approach to psychiatric diagnosis

A comprehensive invited review published today in Brain Medicine confronts one of the most persistent paradoxes in modern medicine: psychiatry remains the only major clinical discipline that diagnoses complex illness primarily through conversation and symptom checklists, while fields such as oncology and cardiology long ago embraced laboratory markers, imaging, and molecular profiling.

10 Mar 2026

Stroke survivors under 50 face greater cognitive and mental health challenges

Analysis of a large, nationally representative survey shows that stroke survivors under age 50 have more problems concentrating and running errands and experience more poor mental health days than older stroke survivors do.

10 Mar 2026

How social and environmental exposures across life influence mental health risk

Researchers outline how the exposome framework, which captures the totality of environmental exposures across the lifespan, can help explain how non-genetic factors shape mental health risk and resilience. The perspective highlights how integrating environmental, biological, and social data could improve prevention strategies, research models, and personalized mental health care.

10 Mar 2026

Global study reveals how inequality limits access to exercise and why it matters for health

A global analysis of physical activity data from 68 countries shows large socioeconomic and gender inequalities in access to choice-based exercise, particularly active leisure. The study also synthesizes evidence linking physical activity to lower risks of severe infectious disease, depression, and cancer mortality, and proposes a new “physical activity for health and wellbeing” public health framework.

10 Mar 2026

Long-read whole genome sequencing uncovers new genetic variants linked to autism

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by using long-read whole genome sequencing (LR-WGS), an emerging approach that reads large sections of the genome at once, making it easier for scientists to find new genetic variants and understand how genetic variants affect the function of a gene.

9 Mar 2026

Largest genetic study classifies 14 psychiatric disorders into five major groups

Although mental disorders have multifactorial causes, genetics can explain some of them, yet this field remains largely unexplored in terms of guiding diagnoses and treatments.

9 Mar 2026

Unmasking the hyperactive circuitry of early Alzheimer’s

Neuroscientists at King's College London have pinpointed a mechanism behind the increased neural connectivity observed in the very early stages of Alzheimer's disease.

9 Mar 2026

NIH grant supports research on immune-related receptor in neurons

Florida Atlantic University has received a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate how an immune-related receptor in neurons plays a fundamental role in brain function, behavior and psychiatric health.

6 Mar 2026

COVID-19 lockdown timing tied to changes in executive function

The COVID-19 pandemic affected executive function in young children, with preschoolers showing different cognitive growth patterns linked to maternal education.

6 Mar 2026

Virtual mental health visits show little impact on rural care access

During the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health specialists started using telemedicine much more frequently.

5 Mar 2026

Study reveals compulsive shopping severity is similar across genders but buying choices vary

Researchers analyzed clinical data from 141 treatment-seeking patients with compulsive buying-shopping disorder to determine whether women and men differ in symptom severity, psychiatric comorbidities, and shopping behaviors. The study found that men and women show similar clinical severity and treatment engagement, but differ mainly in the types of products they compulsively purchase.

5 Mar 2026

Study finds toddlers who eat more ultra-processed foods show slightly higher behavioral symptoms

A prospective analysis of 2,077 children in the Canadian CHILD Cohort Study found that higher intake of ultra-processed foods at age three was associated with slightly higher behavioral and emotional symptom scores by age five. Modeling showed that replacing 10% of calories from ultra-processed foods with minimally processed foods was associated with modestly lower symptom scores.

5 Mar 2026