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The best sex toys, tested and reviewed

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FDA approves first-of-its-kind nasal spray for severe depression

Do animals experience mental illness?

By Mack DeGeurin

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AI chatbot suggested a teen kill his parents, lawsuit claims

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Childhood leaded gasoline exposure damaged Americans’ mental health

By Lauren Leffer

An illustration of the amygdala, shown in red. It is a part of the brain’s limbic system and plays a key role in processing emotions.

‘Was I awkward?’ What overthinking after a party has to do with your ‘lizard brain’

By Laura Baisas

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What causes you to jolt awake right before falling asleep?

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The best light therapy lamps to brighten up your life

The ‘voices’ that people with schizophrenia hear could be echoes of their own vocalizations

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Struggling to find an in-network mental health provider? Here’s what you can do.

By Max Blau / ProPublica

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The research supports you taking a sick day

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How food affects our mental health

By Mary Scourboutakos / The Conversation

Why EMDR trauma therapy is gaining popularity

By Laurel Niep / The Conversation

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Social media bans could deny teenagers mental health help

By Daniel Chang / KFF Health News

The agency’s decision of MDMA could slow down the timelines of getting psychedelics to market as other potential treatments, including psilocybin and ketamine, are likely to face similar regulatory challenges.

How the FDA could shape the future of psychedelics research

By Joshua Cohen / Undark

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Simulated sunrises and sunsets in planes may reduce jet lag

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The fuzzy science on whether your pet is actually good for you

By Michael Schulson/Undark

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Like cigarettes and alcohol, Surgeon General says social media needs warning labels

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The science of awkward puberty brain from ‘Inside Out 2’

By Laura Baisas

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AI ethicists warn of ‘digital hauntings’ from dead loved ones

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Inside California’s $500 million investment in therapy apps for young people

By Molly Castle Work / KFF Health News

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How psychedelic-assisted therapies can be more effective

By Mack DeGeurin

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VR and electric brain stimulation show promise for treating PTSD

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The best sex toys for couples, tested and reviewed

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Many 988 crisis hotline counselors want more training to juggle a mix of calls

By Colleen DeGuzman/KFF Health News

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Instagram will start telling teens to put down their phones and go to sleep

A woman laying down in an fMRI machine. Patients in the study were examined using an fMRI machine such as this one. fMRI is a noninvasive way to measure and map activity in the brain.

PTSD patients’ brains work differently when recalling traumatic experiences

By Laura Baisas

The challenge of providing treatment for children with anorexia

The challenge of providing treatment for children with anorexia

By Frieda Klotz / Undark

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New human brain atlas is the most detailed one we’ve seen yet

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

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Titanium-fused bone tissue connects this bionic hand directly to a patient’s nerves

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5 common concerns about therapy and how to overcome them

By Alexandra Frost

A woman sitting in her living room looking at her smartphone while sitting on her yoga mat.

The best workout apps for all kinds of exercise

By Stacey L. Nash

Stressed person probably wondering if they're suffering from burnout

Are you burned out? Here’s how your body might be telling you.

By Neha Sangwan

A woman holds an alcoholic drink in a bar.

Deaths related to excessive alcohol consumption rise in recent years—especially for women

By Laura Baisas

Student at desk doing math homework during COVID-19 lockdown.

US schools aren’t ready for another pandemic

By Katherine Reynolds Lewis/Undark

Suicide hotlines promise anonymity. Dozens of their websites send sensitive data to Facebook.

Suicide hotlines promise anonymity. Dozens of their websites send sensitive data to Facebook.

By Colin Lecher and Jon Keegan/The Markup

An eating disorder chatbot that gave harmful advice was taken offline. Now it’s coming back.

An eating disorder chatbot that gave harmful advice was taken offline. Now it’s coming back.

By Kate Wells/KFF Health News

Psychedelics and anesthetics cause unexpected chemical reactions in the brain

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A concerned-looking person sitting on a couch with the back of another person in the foreground, perhaps a therapist talking with someone who has high rejection sensitivity.

How to manage anxiety in response to rejection

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Primary care doctors are fed up and burnt out

By Lauren Sausser/KFF Health News

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Why you should sleep naked tonight, according to science

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

AI therapists might not actually help your mental health

AI therapists might not actually help your mental health

By Elisabeth Rosenthal/KFF Health News

A young baboon hangs from a thin tree branch.

Baboons can recover from childhood trauma with a little help from their friends

By Laura Baisas

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The right amount of online scrolling could decrease your risk of dementia

A group of eight children running in an open field.

Is shyness something kids feel, or something kids are?

By Laura Baisas

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Can CBD help you chill? Here’s what we know so far.

By Purbita Saha

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How to break your toxic infinite scroll habit on TikTok

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Narcan naloxone nasal spray vending machine in Illinois to fight opioid overdoses

4 common myths about Narcan, the ‘antidote’ to opioid overdose

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Why fatigue is so common in older adults

Why fatigue is so common in older adults

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News

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Two alcohol recovery apps shared user data without their consent

ADHD patients face wildly different drug testing requirements

ADHD patients face wildly different drug testing requirements

By Arielle Zionts / KFF Health News

Social relationships are important to the health of aging adults

Social relationships are important to the health of aging adults

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News

Attendees at a concert dance and one man records the performance on a smartphone.

Do you never feel FOMO? Time to meet its twin, JOMO.

By Laura Baisas

Seniors are struggling with chronic anxiety, but don’t seek treatment

Seniors are struggling with chronic anxiety, but don’t seek treatment

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News

Yellow, red, and white roses left at a memorial for the victims of the Half Moon Bay mass shooting. A white sign behind the bouquets says "as a community we grieve."

How to cope with collective grief—and even turn it into action

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A drawing made by a five year-old child in Sweden with the description, “A boy coughed and put his hands over there (on the house) and someone came and touched it, then they got sick. X means that you shouldn't go outside and catch bacteria. The bacteria are underground. Blue faces mean you feel sick.”

Little kids drew their grim—and hopeful—reality of COVID

By Laura Baisas

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People use emojis to soften the blow of negative feelings

By Laura Baisas

An older person with short brown hair wearing blue rubber gloves and cleaning a window with a yellow rag.

3 early spring cleaning ideas to get you out of hibernation mode

Vigil attendees at a California skatepark remember Tyre Nichols with prayer candles forming a heart. Nichols died from police violence in his home city of Memphis after EMTs also failed to react quickly to his injuries.

Police brutality is an unaddressed public health crisis in America

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A business woman packs up paperwork and a laptop in an office.

4-day work week shows big benefits for both workers and employers in UK

By Laura Baisas

A young woman sits below a stairwell with her head down in sadness.

Teen girls and queer youth are facing a crisis of hopelessness, CDC finds

By Laura Baisas

A woman in a field observes a plant.

Citizen science is another great form of nature therapy

By Laura Baisas

Mother and baby in black and white photos in an album to show postpartum depression vs. postpartum psychosis

The important difference between postpartum psychosis and postpartum depression

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

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The DOJ is investigating an AI tool that could be hurting families in Pennsylvania