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U.S. suicide rates are ticking back upward again after a dip during the pandemic, new statistics show.

Suicide deaths per 100,000 people had fallen from 14.2 recorded in the pre-pandemic year of 2018 to 13.5 in 2020.

However, by 2022, the latest year for which statistics are available, the rate had climbed once more to 14.2 deaths per every 100,000 Americans, report researchers fro...

As people living near airports probably already know, all that overhead traffic can take a huge hit to their sleep, a new study confirms.

Night-time aircraft noise increases a person’s risk of tossing and turning in bed as engines roar overhead, researchers reported Sept. 25 in the...

In a move that could mean more Americans in crisis get help and get it quickly, federal officials announced Tuesday that major cellphone carriers now have the technology to direct 988 callers to local mental health services based on their location instead of their area code.

“The goal of 988 is to help people in a mental health or substance use crisis get 24/7 access to compassionat...

Only 1 in every 4 U.S. adults struggling with schizophrenia receive "minimally adequate treatment," new data shows.

Many of these patients also struggle with other mental health issues, such as substance abuse or depression, and they are further challenged by social and economic hardship, according to the new report.

The data comes from the U.S. Mental and Substance Use Disorders Pr...

Psilocybin could help people suffering from a mental health problem that can lead to eating disorders, a new study suggests.

Psilocybin, the active chemical in “magic” mushrooms, significantly reduced symptoms in people with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), re...

One in three former NFL players believe they have football-related brain damage that’s doing untold harm to their lives, a new study finds.

Unfortunately, their fears might be harming their mental health on top of whatever risks they face from

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    • Having a husband or boyfriend with adult ADHD can harm a woman's mental stability, a new study suggests.

    About 3 in 5 women (59%) with male partners with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) had symptoms of depression, a rate on par with caregi...

    SATURDAY, Sept. 21, 2024 (Healthday News) -- Workplace anxiety. Who hasn't experienced it?

    However, if that anxiety is so strong that it hurts your performance or lingers for months, you might have a problem, one expert says.

    Dr. Asim Shah, executive vice chair in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral S...

    A cavalry of sorts can come to the rescue of combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study says.

    Combat veterans who regularly care for horses experience an easing of their PTSD symptoms, as well as an overall improved mental outlook, researchers found.

    Focusing on a horse’s welfare can help a veteran shed the hypervigilance that often accom...

    Therapy dogs can help boost the spirits of health care workers in the same way they brighten the moods of hospital patients, a new study shows.

     The furry, four-legged friends reduced emotional exhaustion and job stress among a small group of workers at two surgical and two i...

    Folks who are content with what they’ve got could be less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke, a new study suggests.

    “Our findings support a holistic approach to health care, where enhancing a person’s mental and emotional well-being is considered an ...

    As wildfires continue to burn across parts of California, a new study finds that smoke from these blazes and other air pollution could be harming kids’ mental health.

    Repeated exposure to high levels of particle pollution increases kids’ risk of depression, anxiety and other men...

    With implications for research around postpartum depression and other health issues, scientists have tracked the changes pregnancy brings to the female brain.

    These changes weren't subtle: Big shifts in what's known as the brain's "white matter" versus "gray matter" were observed, according to a team from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

    “The maternal brain...

    Over 5 million Americans could benefit if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the "magic mushroom" psychedelic psilocybin as a treatment for depression, researchers estimate.

    “While our analysis is a crucial first step, we've only scratched the surface in understanding the true public health impact psilocybin therapy may have,” said study co-author

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  • September 13, 2024
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    • Widespread and easy access to guns is the reason behind the shockingly high rate of firearm deaths in the United States, and not any rise in mental health problems suffered by perpetrators, a new study shows.

    The United States has the same burden of mental health disorders as 40 other countries with comparable populations, researchers reported recently in the journal

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  • September 11, 2024
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    • An analysis of where suicides are occurring in the United States shows that, tragically, location matters.

    People living in poorer areas with fewer resources are significantly more likely to fall victim to suicide versus those living in more affluent areas, new data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.

    “Improving the conditions where people are born,...

    A form of psychotherapy can help women whose libidos have suffered as they go through menopause, a new study finds.

    Cognitive behavioral therapy significantly improved sexual desire and satisfaction in a small group of middle-aged and older women, researchers said.

    "To our knowledge, this is the first study that has examined the efficacy of a cognitive behavioral therapy protocol sp...

    Beginning Jan. 1, Americans with private health insurance coverage should gain better access to mental health care, as well as care to help ease substance abuse, federal officials announced Monday.

    “Like medical care, mental health care is vital to the well-being of America’s workers,” U.S. Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su

    A distinct brain pattern appears to make some people more likely to develop depression, a new study indicates.

    “Deep” functional MRI brain scans revealed that a brain feature called the salience network is nearly twice as large in people with depression than in those without the condi...

    The maker of the ADHD drug Vyvanse has been given approval by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to make more of the medication as a shortage of the critical drugs continues.

    Following a request from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in July, the DEA said Thursday that Takeda Pharmaceuticals ...

    The stereotype of the slacker stoner might not be too far off the mark, a new study shows.

    People who use weed are prone to workplace absenteeism -- and the more problematic the cannabis use, the more likely they are to skip work, results showed.

    “These findings underscore the impor...

    People who can cope with challenges as they grow older are more likely to live longer, a new study shows.

    Seniors with higher levels of mental resilience are 53% less likely to die within the next 10 years than those with the lowest levels, researchers found.

    Even with chronic health problems or an unhealthy lifestyle, people with high mental resilience remained 46% and 38% less lik...

    The booming popularity of the weight-loss drug semaglutide has prompted increasing concerns about potential side effects from taking Ozempic or Wegovy.

    But a new study rules out one possible problem -- using semaglutide does not increase a person&rsq...

    FRIDAY, August 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Teaching schoolkids to practice mindfulness can boost their mental health — and, maybe, even their grades.

    That's the takeaway from a new review of more than three dozen research studies on school-based mindfulness interventions, such as seated or slow-walking meditation. 

    In a nutshell, these programs teach kids to pay att...

    Almost half of American parents surveyed say they face "overwhelming" levels of stress on a daily basis, and in an advisory issued on Wednesday U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called parental stress an urgent public health issue.

    Murthy...

    Many young adults are experimenting with “bed rotting” and other sleep trends that have gone viral on TikTok and other social media platforms, a new poll shows.

    Sleep experts say these trends likely won’t do any immediate harm, but they add that people would do b...

    “Red flag” laws are an effective means of preventing suicide, a new study finds.

    About one life was saved for every 17 times that an extreme risk protection order (ERPO) kept firearms out of the hands of a troubled individual, researchers repo...

    THURSDAY, Aug. 22, 2024 (HeathDay News) -- There's a strong association between a state's policies and laws around the rights of transgender people and the mental health of transgender residents, a new study shows.

    "Trans individuals who were worried about having their rights taken away had significantly higher odds of experiencing depression and anxiety symptoms," the study authors repor...

    People stricken with a severe case of COVID-19 have a higher risk of mental illness in the year following their infection, a new study warns.

    However, vaccination appears to ward off these effects on mental health, researchers reported Aug. 21 in the journal

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    • It's not a replacement for actual psychotherapy, but a newly designed app could help young adults with mental health issues lower their anxiety, researchers report.

    The app, dubbed Maya, "can be an accessible and impactful tool for those looking for support around anxiety. It is in...

    Bored?

    Zipping through online videos isn’t going to help you, a new study shows.

    Watching short snippets of videos or fast-forwarding through them makes people more bored rather than less, according to the results of seven experiments involving more than 1,200 Americans and Canadians.

    Such “digital switching” is less edifying than sticking with one video and ...

    Painting, woodworking, writing: Whatever you turn to creatively, it could equal or exceed work in terms of maintaining mental health, new research shows.

    “Crafting and other artistic activities showed a meaningful effect in predicting people’s sense that their life is worthwhile,” said study lead author Dr. Helen Keyes

    Back-to-school can feel like a rushed jumble, as kids leave behind summer fun for the next step in their education.

    But there are specific ways parents can help students show up sharper, get young athletes ready to compete, and have anxious kids settled down and ready to learn, experts say.

    Prioritize sleep

    Kids will have a good start to the school year if the...

    Black employees in a toxic workplace are more susceptible to depression and sleep loss than whites are, according to new research.

    Black workers being mistreated by employers got an estimated 100 fewer minutes of sleep per night than white workers or Black people not enduring mistreatmen...

    Kids more often get the psychiatric care they need if they live in states that mandate insurance coverage for child mental health care, a new study confirms.

    Parents and caregivers were 20% less likely to say they'd had trouble getting mental health services for a child if they lived in states with comprehensive laws around mental and behavioral health insurance coverage, reported a team ...

    As Americans sweat through another scorching summer, one expert warns that while extreme heat can cause physical harm it can also wreak havoc with your mental health.

    Sizzling temperatures can make anyone irritable, but it can be far worse for some, especially those with mental health conditions, said Dr. Asim Shah, executive v...

    Women exposed to TikTok videos that make eating disorders look cool and glamorous tend to have worse body image, a new study finds.

    These videos include what researchers call "pro-anorexia" clips, as well as other videos focused on weight loss.

    “Our study showed that less than 10 minutes of exposure to implicit and explicit pro-anorexia TikTok content had immediate negative co...

    Remember your besties from high school? Sure, they made a lasting impression, but science suggests they influenced the trajectory of your health, too.

    It's not that far-fetched: Your friends carry genes that may or may nor predispose them to mental health issues ranging from addiction to anxiety and depression...

    There's a hint of good news for parents concerned about teen mental health: After 57% of U.S. teen girls surveyed in 2021 said they felt "persistent sadness," that number declined somewhat by 2023, to 53%, new government data shows.

    In the latest biennial poll of over 20,000 high school students nationwide, called the

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    • Three out of four police officers have experienced at least one concussion, increasing their risk of mental health issues, a new study suggests.

    About 74% of Ohio law enforcement officers had suffered one or more head injuries during their life...

    Folks who rub their forehead and complain that a complex problem is making their brain hurt aren’t overstating things, a new review suggests.

    Mental exertion appears to be associated with unpleasant feelings in many situations, researchers reported Aug. 5 in the journal Psychological Bulletin.

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    Depression can lower a woman’s chances of surviving breast cancer, a new study reports.

    Women with breast cancer and depression are more than three times as likely to die as women without either condition, researchers found.

    By comparison, breast cancer patients who arenââ‚...

    Mass shootings and other traumatic events hit community members hard, with those closest to the incident often experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) even years later, new research shows.

    "Outcomes of mass violence incidents in communities extend beyond direct survivors, including persistent PTSD in many adults" who live in those communities, concluded a team led by

    Hospitalization for a heart-related emergency can have profound effects on a person’s mental health, a new study finds.

    People hospitalized for heart attack, stroke or other heart-related illnesses were 83% more likely to be diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder withi...

    Celebrity suicides seem to be contagious, prompting everyday folks to consider the same, a new study suggests.

    The 2014 suicide death of comedian Robin Williams caused a thousand-fold increase in the risk of suicidal thoughts, reflected in a spike in calls to what was then the equivalent of the current

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    • In findings that suggest more young Americans struggling with mental health issues are getting the help they need, a new poll shows that nearly a third of American adolescents and teens received some sort of mental health treatment in 2023.

    That translates to over 8 million young people between the ages of 12 and 17 getting counseling, medication or another treatment, the

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    • Loneliness has been a major concern in America, particularly in the wake of the social isolation imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

    But friendships are not in decline in the United States, a new study has found.

    An American adult has an average of four to five friends, similar to numbers reporte...

    Three out of five young people who die by suicide don’t have any prior mental health diagnosis, a new study finds.

    People are missing the telltale signs that children, teens and young adults are troubled in ways that put them at risk for suicide, researchers said.

    “Our findin...

    Doctors might be authority figures, but a new review suggests hospital patients feel more comfortable when their physician comes across as less imposing.

    Getting to a patient’s eye level while talking about their diagnosis or care makes a huge difference, researchers found.

    Sitting or crouching next to a patient’s bedside prompted more feelings of trust and satisfactio...

    Losing someone close to you can make you age faster, a new study finds.

    People who lost a parent, partner, sibling or child showed signs of older biological age compared with those who hadn’t experienced such a loss, researchers reported July 29 in the journal JAMA Network Open.

    “Our study shows strong links between losing loved ones across the life course fro...

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