Mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety were among the most impacted. Age-standardized disability rates increased by 12 percent for depression and by 14 percent for anxiety, especially ...

P OOR MENTAL health is a scourge. Prescriptions for anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medicines have soared in rich countries ...

Efforts to decrease alarmingly high rates of suicide among construction workers and prevent burnout in health care workers ...

Children with celiac disease have a 19% higher risk of developing mental health problems than others. Gut-brain axis ...

Workers struggling with mental illness are denied disability benefits more often than those with physical conditions, data ...

The history of mental illness — and its treatment — is not for the faint of heart. From ice-water plunges to the early days of electroshock therapy, from lobotomies (honored with a Nobel Prize ...

As triple-digit temperatures hit the East Coast, individuals with a mental illness taking psychiatric medications could be at ...

A clear, consistent and emotionally neutral approach is often more effective over time than trying to persuade or plead.

People with mental health disorders are also more likely to smoke and to be incarcerated, he said. A study published Oct. 6 in JAMA found nearly 400,000 COVID-19 cases and more than 2,500 deaths ...

Gun violence and mental illness are public health problems “that intersect at the edges” but have very little overlap, said Jeffrey Swanson, ...