Mental health

Potential contributing factors include feeling less lonely, and getting more sleep and exercise.

The benefits of good education and lifelong learning extend into old age.

Young children’s ability to laugh and make jokes has been mapped by age for the first time.

Like the rings of a tree, teeth contain growth lines that may reveal clues about childhood experiences.

Frequent adolescent cannabis use may also carry intergenerational risks.

The symptoms of depression among children got much worse during this period.

There is a 60% greater chance of anxiety.

Social connection is critical to well-being, yet how the brain reflects our attachment to other people remains mostly unknown. A new study by the Dartmouth...

Physical health conditions are pervasive among individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) living in the community. And many individuals with SMI are unemployed despite...

Depression linked to low sports activity.

The study highlight factors that should be among the factors considered by clinicians and researchers who work in the field of youth mental health.

Scans of brain activity in seven-year-olds are helping Northeastern researchers predict symptoms of depression, anxiety, and attentional problems in teenagers.