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.

The Health Risks of Self-Diagnosing Mental Disorders

Treatment Options for Intrusive Thoughts

Screen Time and Mental Health

How Healthy is Your Job?

Maternal Immune Activation During Pregnancy

Is a Digital Detox the Answer to Technostress?

Digital Nutrition: How Social Media Consumption Affects Our Mental Diet

How is Infant Mental Health Measured?

Supporting Your Mental Health at Work

The Benefits of Nature for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Importance of a Work-Life Balance

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Supporting the Mental Health of Minorities

How has the Wellness Industry Changed over the Last Decade?

Digestive Disorders and Mental Health

What is Social Prescribing?

Mental Health Support Strategies for Healthcare Workers

Analyzing the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health

Are Mental Health Issues Increasing?

What Is Psychopathy?

Mental Health and Cooking

What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?

What is Antisocial Personality Disorder?

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

What is Psychotherapy?

Mental Health in a Digitalized Workplace

How does Education Affect Mental Health?

What are the Health Effects of Loneliness?

What Is Recovery-Focused Care?

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

Mental Health Comorbidities

The Effect of Diet on Mental Health

Supporting Children with Mental Health Disorders

A Guide to Coping with Change

Can Resveratrol Improve Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression?

Mental Health Disorders and Children

Forest Bathing for Health: How Nature Nurtures Wellbeing

How is Social Media Affecting Mental Health?

Investigating the Link between Cleaning and Mental Health

Mental Health Disorders, Weight Gain, and Exercise

The Impact of Cyberbullying on Mental Health

What are the Current Challenges in Mental Health Disorder Diagnosis?

Mental Health in Humanitarian Settings

Building Resilience: the Neurobiology of Mental Wellbeing

The Genetics of Schizophrenia

The Health Effects of Loss and Grief

Mental Health Nursing

The Role of Crisis Teams in Mental Health Management

Pollution and Mental Health

Incontinence and Mental Health

What is Mental Health First Aid?

The Science of Kindness

Perfectionism and Depression

What is Schizoaffective Disorder?

What are the Health Effects of Poverty?

How Crying Could Actually Boost Your Mood

Friluftsliv: The Norwegian Prescription for Health and Happiness

Transforming Your Life Through Positive Thinking

The Psychological Strain of Chronic Physical Illness

How Do Your Emotions Affect Your Physical Health?

What is Somatic Symptom Disorder?

Managing and Reducing Stress

What are the Health Effects of Watching Television?

What is Mindfulness?

Latest Mental Health News and Research

Experimental smartphone game quickly identifies patients with depression

An experimental diagnostic tool in the form of a computer game was able to quickly identify patients with depression based on anhedonia, a key feature of the disease, a new study shows.

19 May 2026

Psychology professor calls for more thorough diagnostic assessments for ADHD

An increasing number of people are being diagnosed with ADHD, without researchers knowing exactly why. Greater awareness of ADHD and changes in diagnostic criteria may be one reason.

19 May 2026

Nutrition education improves diet quality in university students

Nutrition education at universities shows promise in improving dietary habits and mental well-being, highlighting the importance of healthy eating for students.

19 May 2026

Mental disorders affect one in three pregnant women, and violence may be a key driver

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 18 studies involving 17,380 pregnant women found that common mental disorders affected about one-third of participants across studies from Africa, Asia, and South America. The analysis found strong regional variation and identified intimate partner violence as the only statistically significant risk factor, with affected women having about 2.6-fold higher odds of CMDs.

18 May 2026

Children's mental health concerns increasingly addressed during primary care visits

A new study led by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston University, Boston Medical Center, UMass Chan Medical School, and Brown University finds that children's mental health concerns are appearing more often during routine visits with primary care doctors.

18 May 2026

Childhood abuse may increase vulnerability to abusive adult relationships

Experiencing abuse or neglect as a child can increase the risk of being victimised by a romantic partner in adulthood, by impacting personality and mental health development, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers.

18 May 2026

Treatment delays rising among teens with cannabis use disorder

Teens may turn to marijuana use for many reasons: curiosity, stress relief, peer pressure, help with mental health, or for the positive feelings of being "high." However, there is a difference between casual use and reliance on cannabis to function.

18 May 2026

Integrated care needed for lifelong Polyendocrine Ovarian Syndrome management

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, which has just been renamed Polyendocrine Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS), is the most common hormonal and metabolic disorder affecting women of reproductive age, impacting up to 13% of this population and contributing to nearly 40% of infertility cases worldwide.

18 May 2026

Time in nature may improve disadvantaged children’s mental health

Growing up in disadvantaged communities can take a toll on children, with greater stress leading to mental health issues and delays in psychological development.

17 May 2026

Addressing depression and anxiety in primary care improves chronic pain management

A study published this month in the American Journal of Managed Care explores how integrating behavioral health care into primary care can improve outcomes and be cost-effective for adults with depression, anxiety and chronic pain who are on long-term opioid therapy.

15 May 2026

New research maps the biological toll of drinking

A new review published in the journal Addiction confirms drinking causes substantial harm to health. Some of those harms may be reversible if the person reduces or stops drinking.

14 May 2026

New research identifies the hidden stressors of modern digital classrooms

An international research team, led by the University of Warwick and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), in collaboration with Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, recently published a scoping review in the journal Cogent Education.

14 May 2026

Wearable wireless polygraph tracks hidden stress signals

Northwestern University engineers have developed a small, wireless polygraph system you can wear.

13 May 2026

Battery-free wearable sensor continuously monitors health through sweat

University of California, Irvine researchers have invented a wearable, wireless, battery-free, bioelectronic sensor to monitor users' health by analyzing molecular biomarkers in human sweat.

13 May 2026

Study reveals hidden struggles faced by unaccompanied child refugees

From relentless cycles of intrusive memories to loneliness and physical pain - a new study form the University of East Anglia reveals the struggles of refugees who entered the UK as unaccompanied minors.

13 May 2026

Too little or excessive sleep may accelerate organ aging

An analysis of biological clocks throughout the human body suggests that too few hours of sleep-and too many-may speed aging in the brain, heart, lung, and immune system and is associated with a wide range of diseases.

13 May 2026

Genetic schizophrenia risk linked to neurodevelopmental changes during early adolescence

Research has found that children with higher genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia show decreases in frontal cortical surface area during early adolescence, in contrast to the regional expansion observed in children with low genetic susceptibility.

13 May 2026

Researchers discover a brain signal that predicts child attention lapses

Inside a world-leading deep brain stimulation program at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), researchers have discovered a brain signal that predicts when a child is about to lose attention - and that a brief, targeted intervention in response to that signal can restore their focus.

13 May 2026

Woman left blind by hospital failings wins £2.4 m NHS payout

A young woman who was left with permanent vision loss after hospital staff failed to diagnose a serious brain condition has won a £2.4 m legal settlement from the NHS.

13 May 2026

Global effort redefines the most common hormonal disorder in women

A global effort led by Monash University has changed the name of a significant women's health condition that was misunderstood to be 'all about ovarian cysts'.

13 May 2026