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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearing on Thursday featured a remarkable moment early on: two Republican senators, both doctors, clashing over facts and science. Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana [...]

A large study found that men lost seven years of life expectancy and women lost nine years, compared with counterparts without the disorder. A study of more than 30,000 British [...]

Digital mental health platforms were supposed to expand access for the neediest patients. Researchers say that hasn't happened. The number of Americans receiving psychotherapy increased by 30 percent during the [...]

Byline: Ellen Barry and Todd Heisler Kevin Lopez had just stepped out of his house, on his way to meet his girlfriend for Chinese food, when it happened: He began [...]

Kevin Lopez acababa de salir de su casa e iba a buscar a su novia para comer comida china cuando ocurrió: empezó a alucinar. En realidad, solo fue un parpadeo. [...]

Kevin Lopez had just stepped out of his house, on his way to meet his girlfriend for Chinese food, when it happened: He began to hallucinate. It was just a [...]

Kevin Lopez had just stepped out of his house, on his way to meet his girlfriend for Chinese food, when it happened: He began to hallucinate. It was just a [...]

Byline: Ellen Barry and Graham Dickie Dawn was still hours away when Angel Cholka was awakened by the beams of a police flashlight through the window. At the door was [...]

Dawn was still hours away when Angel Cholka was awakened by the beams of a police flashlight through the window. At the door was an officer, who asked if someone [...]

In a downtown Los Angeles parking lot, a stretch of asphalt tucked between gleaming hotels and the 110 freeway, a psychiatrist named Shayan Rab was seeing his third patient of [...]

Available antipsychotic treatments work by blocking dopamine receptors. The new drug, Cobenfy, takes a different approach. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first novel antipsychotic treatment in [...]

Neuroimaging found girls experienced cortical thinning far faster than boys did during the first year of Covid lockdowns. A study of adolescent brain development that tested children before and after [...]

Did Dr. Alok Kanojia's livestreamed conversations with a troubled video game champion cross an ethical line? A few minutes into his first livestreamed conversation with Byron Bernstein, Dr. Alok Kanojia [...]

¿Las conversaciones transmitidas en directo por Alok Kanojia con un atribulado campeón de videojuegos cruzaron una línea ética? https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaYKhdv5q08fphYVt40M Unos minutos después de haber empezado su primera conversación en transmisión [...]

Did Dr. Alok Kanojia's livestreamed conversations with a troubled video game champion cross an ethical line? A few minutes into his first livestreamed conversation with Byron Bernstein, Dr. Alok Kanojia [...]

A study of more than a million Danes found that frequent moves in childhood had a bigger effect than poverty on adult mental health risk. In recent decades, mental health [...]

A study of more than a million Danes found that frequent moves in childhood had a bigger effect than poverty on adult mental health risk. In recent decades, mental health [...]

As she struggled through her sophomore year in college, Zhenzhen spent hours in therapy, but it hadn't addressed the central strain in her life: her parents. They called her at [...]

Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling for a multipronged effort to reduce gun deaths, modeled on campaigns against smoking and traffic fatalities. The U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, on Tuesday [...]

Some scientists who study youth mental health say the evidence does not support the notion that social media is harmful per se. When the U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, [...]

Dr. Vivek Murthy said he would urge Congress to require a warning that social media use can harm teenagers' mental health. The U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, announced on [...]

Dr. Vivek Murthy said he would urge Congress to require a warning that social media use can harm teenagers’ mental health. The United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, announced [...]

The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among college students rose to 7.5 percent in 2022, more than double the rate five years earlier, researchers found. Post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses among [...]

The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder among college students rose to 7.5 percent in 2022, more than double the rate five years earlier, researchers found. Post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses among [...]

At the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting, a patient described a restraint that haunts him, more than eight years later. The annual gathering of the American Psychiatric Association is a [...]

At the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting, a patient described a restraint that haunts him, more than eight years later. The annual gathering of the American Psychiatric Association is a [...]

Estudios recientes ponen en duda que las intervenciones en salud mental a gran escala le hacen bien a los niños y adolescentes. Algunos, incluso, sugieren que pueden tener un efecto [...]

Recent studies cast doubt on whether large-scale mental health interventions are making young people better. Some even suggest they can have a negative effect. In recent years, mental health has [...]

TikTok is a mother lode of mental health content, filled with compelling first-person accounts of everything from major depression to selective mutism. Depending on your perspective, that's either a very [...]

Los hallazgos de un estudio de Oxford cuestionan el efecto de los servicios de salud mental para empleados. Los servicios de salud mental para empleados se han convertido en una [...]

A large study of ''discordant twins,'' in which only one suffered abuse or neglect, adds to evidence linking childhood trauma to adult illness. Twins are a bonanza for research psychologists. [...]

A large study of “discordant twins,” in which only one suffered abuse or neglect, adds to evidence linking childhood trauma to adult illness. Twins are a bonanza for research psychologists. [...]

Byline: Ellen Barry Alone with his mother for the first time in almost a year, Andrey Shevelyov had a question: Could he come home? She sat beside him and stroked [...]

Alone with his mother for the first time in almost a year, Andrey Shevelyov had a question: Could he come home? She sat beside him and stroked his head. The [...]

An Oxford researcher measured the effect of popular workplace mental health interventions, and discovered little to none. Employee mental health services have become a billion-dollar industry. New hires, once they [...]

An Oxford researcher measured the effect of popular workplace mental health interventions, and discovered little to none. Employee mental health services have become a billion-dollar industry. New hires, once they [...]

The city's $26 million contract with Talkspace makes mental health care very accessible. But some worry it is 'a Band-Aid' at a time of crisis. For the past month, New [...]

Unas imágenes cerebrales mostraron que los recuerdos traumáticos se alojan en una zona del cerebro distinta a la aloja otras memorias. Esto podría explicar su naturaleza tan vívida e intrusiva. [...]

Traumatic memories had their own neural mechanism, brain scans showed, which may help explain their vivid and intrusive nature. At the root of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a [...]

Traumatic memories had their own neural mechanism, brain scans showed, which may help explain their vivid and intrusive nature. At the root of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, is a [...]

Gunshots are the top cause of death for children and teenagers in the U.S. Fatal or not, the wounds reverberate through communities and the health care system. With each mass [...]

Gunshots are the top cause of death for children and teenagers in the U.S. Fatal or not, the wounds reverberate through communities and the health care system. With each mass [...]

At a time when teen suicide was seen as random and unpredictable, Dr. Shaffer, a psychiatrist, led investigations that proved that it was not. Dr. David Shaffer, a psychiatrist who [...]

At a time when teen suicide was seen as random and unpredictable, Dr. Shaffer, a psychiatrist, led investigations that proved that it was not. Dr. David Shaffer, a psychiatrist who [...]

As young Americans turn to TikTok for information on mental health, the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard is building its own team of influencers. One day in [...]

As young Americans turn to TikTok for information on mental health, the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard is building its own team of influencers. One day in [...]

Applicants have challenged the Peace Corps practice of rescinding invitations to applicants on the basis of mental health conditions. Lea Iodice was thrilled to hear that the Peace Corps had [...]