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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

Stressed doctor with fluorography

Primary care doctors are fed up and burnt out

By Lauren Sausser/KFF Health News

Baby sleeping naked in a white hammock

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

Senior citizen hands typing on laptop keyboard

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

A CBD oil bottle with cannabis or hemp leaves

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

By Purbita Saha

Teen in green sweatshirt with long brown hair against a bright yellow background scrolling through TikTok on a smartphone

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

Woman's hands typing on laptop keyboard

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

A man holes a phones and texts with a combination of words and emois.

People use emojis to soften the blow of negative feelings

By Laura Baisas

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

System Security Specialist Working at System Control Center

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

A man holds a brightly colored pill with a glass of water.

Common antidepressants may blunt both pain and enjoyment

By Laura Baisas

Rows of desktop computers in computer lab

Building ChatGPT’s AI content filters devastated workers’ mental health, according to new report

two people holding hands

Gender-affirming hormones can improve teens’ mental health and life satisfaction

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Unclear regulations prevent telehealth from reaching its full potential

Unclear regulations prevent telehealth from reaching its full potential

By Darius Tahir / KFF Health News

Woman using her mobile phone , city skyline night light background

Popular youth mental health service faces backlash after experimenting with AI-chatbot advice

A man standing under a blue sky with white clouds, wearing a black baseball cap and a red shirt while closing his eyes and breathing deeply.

Understanding your emotions can help you manage your anxiety

By Wendy Suzuki

a person in a gray shirt their hand over their stomach under dark lighting

A link to depression might be in your gut bacteria

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

As old people get sicker, assisted living facilities must adapt

As old people get sicker, assisted living facilities must adapt

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News

illustration of psychiatrist office with mushrooms

4 visionaries on the history and future of psychedelic medicine

By Rachel Feltman

US soldiers might control weapons with their thoughts someday. Here’s why that’s complicated.

US soldiers might control weapons with their thoughts someday. Here’s why that’s complicated.

By Nancy S. Jecker and Andrew Ko / The Conversation

Group Of Friends Sitting On Sofa Watching Soccer Together

5 ways cheering for your favorite World Cup team improves your health

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

EVO ICL lens implanted in the diagram of an eye with yellow, pink, and blue Best of What's New 2022 Health design on right

The most powerful health innovations of 2022

By Kate Baggaley, Purbita Saha

A series of brain scans

Some teenagers’ brains have been aging faster during the pandemic

By Laura Baisas

A woman sipping from a teacup while taking a break.

Improve your focus by taking more breaks every day

The CDC has surveyed teens on their health and behavior since the ’90s—but now some states are opting out

The CDC has surveyed teens on their health and behavior since the ’90s—but now some states are opting out

By Daniel Chang / KFF Health News

PTSD found in 1 in 4 adults in Flint, Michigan, after water crisis

PTSD found in 1 in 4 adults in Flint, Michigan, after water crisis

By Laura Baisas

Anxiety screening is now recommended for all adults under 65

Anxiety screening is now recommended for all adults under 65

By Laura Baisas

The mushrooms that are the source of psilocybin.

A powerful combo of psilocybin and therapy might help people overcome alcohol use disorder

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Hands holding a box of pills, pills in the foreground and the background is out of focus.

Combining certain opioids and commonly prescribed antidepressants may increase the risk of overdose

By Ismaeel Yunusa / The Conversation

people laughing in the outdoors

How to make yourself laugh

By Hasan Merali

dining room with plants

9 nature-inspired decorating tips to make your home a more relaxing space

By Sofia Quaglia

Girl riding someone's shoulders during climate protest.

The biggest tool we have to fight climate anxiety is community

Person in yellow sweater at laptop reaching for a smartphone to call a crisis and suicide hotline

988, the shortened National Suicide Prevention Hotline number, is live

By Purbita Saha

A photo of people talking using the computer.

Digital therapy companies promise to make mental health accessible—but experts are skeptical

By Harris Meyer / KHN

Hand holding firework and american flag against dark night

Fireworks can trigger PTSD. Here’s how you can help yourself and others find ease.

By Sofia Quaglia

Man Standing on Rocky Mountain Under White Cloudy Sky To Improve Mental Health in Nature

People around the world love and grieve nature in unique ways

By Sara Kiley Watson

Psychoactive mushrooms may help patients with depression.

We may finally know how magic mushrooms help fight depression

person on bed covering their face in stress

Stress and anxiety wear down your brain. Here’s how to fight back.

A man standing under some trees outside at sunset, holding his face in his hands because he is stressed out or anxious.

How to manage your mental health as traumatic events pile up

By Alexandra Frost

A man in a white t-shirt and black pants sitting in a chair talking to a therapist while they both sit in front of large windows with white curtains.

Finding a therapist can be overwhelming, but these tips can help

By Alexandra Frost

hands texting on phone

One of the biggest suicide prevention hotlines amends its data-sharing practices

By Colleen Hagerty

Mental wellness apps are basically the Wild West of therapy

Mental wellness apps are basically the Wild West of therapy

By Isobel Whitcomb

E. coli bacteria on a green background to show germ theory vs. terrain theory

This pseudoscience movement wants to wipe germs from existence

By Isobel Whitcomb

Woman stretching.

How to work out for your mental health

By Sara Kiley Watson

Extreme wildfires are taking a toll on the mental health of firefighters

Extreme wildfires are taking a toll on the mental health of firefighters

By Isobel Whitcomb

a stressed woman sitting at a desk puts her face in her hands

Burnout is real. Here’s how to spot it—and recover.

By Isobel Whitcomb

How a personalized brain implant helped one woman’s extreme depression

How a personalized brain implant helped one woman’s extreme depression

a person with their head down in their laptop

Stress can literally kill you. Here’s how.

By Leigh Cowart