Feb. 5, 2025 — New research has shown that diet could influence the risk of both depression and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Evidence suggests that depressive symptoms are both a risk factor for AD ...

Perinatal mental health (PMH) problems are those which occur during pregnancy or in the first year following the birth of a child. Perinatal mental illness affects up to 27% of new and expectant mums ...

Those with mental health conditions may be labeled, stereotyped, or discriminated against as a result. For example, someone with a mental health condition may be called “crazy” or “dangerous”.

For mental health or substance use emergencies where your safety or the safety of others is at immediate risk, dial 9-1-1. If you feel you are experiencing a mental health or substance use emergency ...

February 2, 2025 • From Altadena to Asheville, people devastated by recent disasters encountered helpers trained in Psychological First Aid. Like CPR, anybody can learn it.

28, 2025 — Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that affects around 1% of the world's population. Researchers have identified a deficit in contrast perception in people with schizophrenia.

I’ll never forget the first day that I trained a group of mental health professionals and shared how after 12 psychiatric hospitalizations and nearly being institutionalized, I had gone on to ...

But are animals actually experiencing mental illness in the way humans do? Questions over the extent to which animals can experience mental illness have existed for centuries. Though researchers ...

“When you are exposed to continuous images of distress and destruction and planes and home loss over and over and over again, that can be a hazard to your own mental health,” Schreiber sai ...

NYC to Spend $650M on Combating Homelessness and Mental Illness NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams seized on a spate of recent high-profile attacks in the subway system as he pitched ...

Star Trek highlights mental health as important ... For instance, in The Next Generation Season 5, Episode 10, when Worf's son Alexander comes to live on the Enterprise and starts acting out ...