mental health

First Opinion By Stephen Soumerai and Ross Koppel

Nonfinancial conflicts of interest can threaten public health: the case of FDA antidepressant warnings and youth suicides

First Opinion By Jason Kahn

Kids’ heart rates are rising as the pandemic drags on

First Opinion By Ron Wyden

America’s mental health care system fell short for my brother. Access to that care should be a legal right for all

Health By Pratibha Gopalakrishna

New research shows many children with mental health conditions don’t get follow-up care

Health By Alice Proujansky

Pregnancy poses challenges for people in recovery from substance use disorder. Covid-19 is taxing their support system

Health By Juliet Isselbacher

LGBTQ youth say cost, parental permission pose major barriers to mental health care

First Opinion By Jason Bae

Instead of lockdowns, teach people how to socialize safely in the time of coronavirus

First Opinion By Samara Fox, Ellen Gallagher, and J. Wesley Boyd

When the treatment is torture: ICE must stop using solitary confinement for Covid-19 quarantine

Health Tech By Juliet Isselbacher

As mindfulness app Headspace booms, its popularity outpaces its scientific evidence

First Opinion By Nadine Burke Harris

Children will pay long-term stress-related costs of Covid-19 unless we follow the science

Health By Juliet Isselbacher

As mobile mental health teams work to de-escalate crises, some warn their models still rely on police partnerships

First Opinion By Sabrina Kippur

I failed — at age 34 — the now-politicized Montreal Cognitive Assessment

First Opinion By Annelle Primm, Courtney Lang, and Keris Jän Myrick

Say her name: Don’t erase Bebe Moore Campbell from National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

Exclusive By Erin Brodwin

Eyeing an IPO, Hims expands further into virtual mental health care

Health Tech By Natalya Ortolano

A new tool aims to help patients sort through 200 mental health apps — and counting

Health By Crystal Milner

‘It just weighs on your psyche’: Black Americans on mental health, trauma, and resilience

First Opinion By Brian C. Castrucci

To save lives, get partisanship out of public health science

First Opinion By Bill Carruthers and Dan Gillison

People in mental health crises need help, not handcuffs

Health By Carrie Arnold

Among people facing food insecurity, researchers find a hidden health issue: eating disorders

Health Tech By Rebecca Robbins

Can a prescription video game actually make money? Akili is about to find out

First Opinion By Jay Behel and Jennifer A. Coleman

Covid-19 could cause a mental health crisis. It can also spark post-traumatic growth

Special Report By Megan Thielking

Facing a broken mental health system, many U.S. teens fall off a dangerous ‘cliff’ in their care

Health Tech By Rebecca Robbins

In a landmark decision, FDA greenlights a video game for kids with ADHD

Health By Gabrielle Glaser

For Black youth, a time of upheaval takes a toll on mental health

First Opinion By Megan L. Ranney and Jessica Gold

Don’t use ‘deaths of despair’ as rationale for reopening the country too soon