Mental HealthSep 23, 2025
CDC Report Finds Sharp Rise in Dangerous Drug-Resistant Bacteria
A CDC report found a dramatic increase in a dangerous type of drug-resistant bacteria.
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Mental HealthSep 23, 2025
How dehydration secretly fuels anxiety and health problems
Not drinking enough water could intensify stress responses. Researchers found that under-hydrated individuals had cortisol levels more than 50% higher during stressful situations. Poor hydration didn’t make participants…
Mental HealthSep 22, 2025
Psychiatric hospitals turn away patients who need urgent care. The facilities face few consequences.
This article originally appeared on ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The ...
Mental HealthSep 18, 2025
Lake County Suicide Prevention Coalition highlights ongoing efforts
In observance of Suicide Prevention Awareness Day, the Lake County Suicide Prevention Coalition continues to remind the community ...
Mental HealthSep 17, 2025
New survey shows rural Pennsylvanians face lack of mental health care
A new survey of residents in rural parts of the United States, including rural Pennsylvania, shows many face challenges in ...
Mental HealthSep 17, 2025
Serious mental illness often brings rapid weight gain – but support is missing
Being diagnosed with a serious mental illness like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder often brings an overlooked challenge: rapid ...
Mental HealthSep 16, 2025
Why so many young kids with ADHD are getting the wrong treatment
Preschoolers with ADHD are often given medication right after diagnosis, against medical guidelines that recommend starting with behavioral therapy. Limited access to therapy and physician pressures drive early…
Mental HealthSep 16, 2025
Stress measured in hair could predict depression and anxiety in children
Researchers from the University of Waterloo discovered that measuring long-term stress through children’s hair samples can reveal early signs of mental health risks in those living with chronic physical illnesses…
Mental HealthSep 15, 2025
What is body image?
World of Wellbeing is the vodcast series that's all about how to look after you and your mind. In this episode, wellbeing and ...
Mental HealthSep 15, 2025
AIISH organises workshop on ‘Prevention of Self-harm and Suicidal Behaviours’
The Department of Clinical Psychology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru, organised a workshop on ...
Mental HealthSep 14, 2025
Sleepless nights may raise dementia risk by 40%, Mayo Clinic reveals
Chronic insomnia may do more than leave you groggy, it could speed up brain aging. A large Mayo Clinic study found that people with long-term sleep troubles were 40% more likely to develop dementia or cognitive…
Mental HealthSep 13, 2025
Preventing suicide needs everyone’s input. Here’s how the GAA plays its part
It was World Suicide Prevention Day on Wednesday. Maybe you noticed, or maybe it passed you by. Maybe the world’s on fire and ...
Mental HealthSep 11, 2025
Development of Objective Measures for Use in Pediatric Drug Trials for Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
This effort aims to stimulate research in a major gap area in pediatric psychopharmacology for psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders, by encouraging the development of objective pediatric central nervous system…
Mental HealthSep 11, 2025
Research Education Programs for Psychiatry Residents
This is a re-issue of a long-standing R25 program announcement. The overarching goals of this initiative are to: (1) complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral, and…
Mental HealthSep 11, 2025
Silvio O. Conte Centers for Basic Neuroscience or Translational Mental Health Research
The purpose of the Conte Centers program is to support interdisciplinary teams of researchers engaged in novel, creative, and integrated experimental approaches to address high-risk, high-impact scientific questions in…
Mental HealthSep 11, 2025
Mentoring Networks for Mental Health Research Education
This is a re-issue of a long-standing R25 program announcement that aims to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and…
Mental HealthSep 11, 2025
Short Courses for Mental Health Research Education
This is a re-issue of a long-standing R25 program announcement that aims to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and…
Mental HealthSep 11, 2025
Rethinking Depression: Beyond Chemical Imbalance
Depression affects millions worldwide, yet its root cause has long remained elusive. Behind its lived experience lies a ...
Mental HealthSep 11, 2025
World Suicide Prevention Day: Exam stress among many causes leading to suicidal thoughts among students, feel experts
Bihar is facing a concerning rise in youth suicides, with 52 young individuals aged 18-40 reported dead in 2024 alone. Mental ...
Mental HealthSep 10, 2025
September is National Suicide Prevention Month
Many suicide- and mental health–related resources are available to employees and their families through JHEAP, with support ...
Mental HealthSep 10, 2025
World Suicide Prevention Day: Is Someone You Love Struggling with Suicidal Thoughts?
Every year on September 10, World Suicide Prevention Day brings people, organizations, and communities together across the globe ...
Mental HealthSep 10, 2025
Post-COVID challenges for working women: Mental health, hybrid work and coping strategies
The changing world and the challenges that emerge from it, while affecting everyone at large, have a heightened impact on women.
Mental HealthSep 10, 2025
World Suicide Prevention Day 2025: Psychiatrist debunks 10 myths about suicidal thoughts
World Suicide Prevention Day 2025: Psychiatrist busted common myths associated with suicidal thoughts to raise awareness and help ...
Mental HealthSep 9, 2025
World Suicide Prevention Day: Knowing the difference between self-harm and suicidal behaviour
Self-harm and suicide may look similar but are driven by different intentions. Here’s how to tell them apart and respond with ...
Mental HealthSep 9, 2025
World Suicide Prevention Day 2025: Doctor Shares Warning Signs, Coping Skills
Every year, more than 700,000 people die by suicide worldwide, making it one of the leading causes of death across age groups ...
Mental HealthSep 9, 2025
The sleep switch that builds muscle, burns fat, and boosts brainpower
UC Berkeley researchers mapped the brain circuits that control growth hormone during sleep, uncovering a feedback system where sleep fuels hormone release, and the hormone regulates wakefulness. The discovery helps…
Mental HealthSep 5, 2025
Certain Metabolic Meals home delivery foods reported in ongoing Salmonella outbreak investigation
Sixteen people in ten states have gotten sick from the same strain of Salmonella.
Mental HealthSep 5, 2025
Facing a mental health crisis in NY? There’s a growing alternative for getting help.
Jason Lopez was absorbed in a paperback titled “Be Strong Mentally During Tough Times” as he relaxed on a recent morning in ...
Mental HealthSep 3, 2025
WHO calls for mental health action as global cases reach one billion
Two reports from the World Health Organisation (WHO) have revealed that more than one billion individuals worldwide live with ...
Mental HealthSep 3, 2025
Overworked neurons burn out and fuel Parkinson’s disease
Overactivation of dopamine neurons may directly drive their death, explaining why movement-controlling brain cells degenerate in Parkinson’s. Mice with chronically stimulated neurons showed the same selective damage seen…