Mental Health News

Actress and singer Selena Gomez shared her mental health journey at the White House on Wednesday, encouraging others to share their stories and help shift the cultural narrative from awareness to action.

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While Native Americans have high suicide rates and unique cultural challenges, programs aimed at prevention have seldom been designed for their specific needs.

A psychologist testified that Heard has both borderline personality disorder and histrionic personality disorder. Heard has said she has posttraumatic stress disorder.

With inflation at a 40-year high, people may be grappling with financial concerns that could lead to anxiety, depression, and other mental health problems.

Many American teenagers reported mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a CDC survey.

Researchers report a child's risk of harm from social media is higher at certain ages, and it's different for girls and boys.

New peer-reviewed research looks at what traits, jobs, and hobbies people think make other people boring.

A PTSD expert encourages young Ukrainians to keep expressing thoughts and feelings on social media amid chaos, and stresses the importance of continuing talking through this experience, even as things quiet down.

Signs your teen may be facing a mental health challenge.

If access to psychiatrists and psychologists disappears for out-of-state patients, all will be forced to find new professionals to treat them. In essence, it will mean starting their mental health treatment from scratch.

While there are positive aspects to social media, there's evidence it can pose risks to teens' mental health.

Some people feel pressure to respond to emails 24/7 -- even during vacations and holiday breaks. A new survey offers fresh evidence of the toll this can take on your health.

Instagram announced new safety features for the photo-sharing app on Tuesday, one day before the company’s top executive goes before a Senate committee to face questions about Instagram’s effect on young people’s mental health.

Psychedelic therapy focused on psilocybin has received new interest as a potential treatment against anxiety, depression and other mental illness.

A judge in Los Angeles on Friday ordered the end to the conservatorship that for years has limited the pop singer’s freedom over her own finances.

After 2 decades of rising suicide rates in the U.S., the number of deaths by suicide declined in 2020 for the second year in a row, according to preliminary data published Wednesday by the CDC.

Amid the flurry of "fake news" and misinformation, it turns out there are very few chronic liars. See more from a new study.

Besides a history of handling tough times, optimism and confidence are other traits associated with resilience.

Most guardianships are run by family members and benefit the person who's been placed under one.

Three emergency medicine doctors share their experiences and the lessons they learned in the twenty years after the 9/11 attacks.

If other people's fidgeting makes you anxious, you may have a condition called misokinesia, which means "hatred of movements." And it's more common than you might think.

Biles has been struggling with the “twisties” since the team final a week ago, pulling out of that competition after she stumbled on one of her routine vaults.

New research shows 8 of 10 patients have witnessed stressed, overwhelmed doctors in recent visits.

What's known as emergency room boarding of psychiatric patients has risen between 200% and 400% monthly in Massachusetts during the pandemic — and the problem is widespread. The CDC says emergency room visits after suicide attempts among teen girls were up 51% earlier this year as compared with 2019.