Our brains refuse to wind down in a digital world filled with constant notifications and pressure to respond immediately.

Medical cannabis could become what the doctor orders to ease one of dementia’s most painful and challenging symptoms: agitation.

“Quiet cracking” describes burned-out workers who stay put despite feeling disengaged. Therapist Sarah Stuteville sees the same pattern in exhausted parents, who have no off switch for the labor of child-rearing.

A study from researchers at Curtin University and published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity last week found that nearly half of all dementia cases could be prevented with consistency in certain behaviors.

A growing number of couples who have shared three decades or more are opting out of doing any more life together. Split-ups among those 50 and older in the United States have doubled between 1990 and 2010, according to the New York Times.

Estonia nearly eradicated fentanyl from within its borders. But before anyone could cheer, synthetic drugs far more potent and deadly moved in to take its place.

In a collaborative investigation with @thecityreporter.nyc , Mind Site News exposes an under-funded, under-trained New York City mobile mental health crisis program. bit.ly/4h0aAVR

Since its launch in 2024, Rx Kids has helped to slash Flint, Michigan’s neonatal mortality rate nearly in half, MLive reports.

A collaborative investigation with @thecityreporter.nyc reveals the failures of New York City’s mobile mental health crisis program. Families with a loved one in need of support have been left waiting for days, or have to risk violent encounters with an underprepared police force.

Despite running a 24/7 walk-in care model and accepting drop-offs from first responders, and being legally mandated to care for all who come through their doors, Washington’s legislature has not resolved how to reimburse providers for any patients who aren’t insured or on Medicaid.

At the Woodley Park Archery Range in Los Angeles, Mindful Archery helps women process and prepare for everything from breakups to burnout.

More than 4.7 million people across the country — about 11% of participants — have lost the food benefits they were receiving from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, since the passage of HR 1 last July.

Rehabilitation retreats help emotionally wounded medics recover so they can better care for their fellow soldiers.

Millions rely on cannabis as a nightly sleep aid, but a neurologist warns the relief is deceptive.

Research shows many cancer survivors carry anxiety and depression for years after treatment ends, but struggle to get help.

Regardless of their own immigration or citizenship status, nearly one in three Asian immigrants worry that they or a family member could be detained or deported. These fears can have lifelong consequences that damage health.

At the rehab facility, a nurse overseeing equine therapy introduced Nathan Fletcher to a horse named Star. In his essay, Fletcher describes the journey that led him to bond with this beautiful horse – and the healing it brought him.

For his in-depth investigation, Cahan spent 18 months documenting how insurers are using loopholes in a mental health parity law to avoid paying for expensive inpatient care.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, about 1 in 8 experience postpartum depression after giving birth. Left untreated, postpartum depression poses serious risks to both mother and child, including death. Still, getting treatment can be its own struggle.

Sociological research has long linked the conditions in which a child lives and grows to their future development. Now a new study by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine published in the journal Science affirms and extends that idea.

Determined to keep their daughter in the treatment that’s saving her life, Levasseur’s parents have drained their retirement savings, taken out a second mortgage on their home, and now hold a hospital bill topping $1.3 million.

Some academic studies have titles that are hard to parse, but this Nature Human Behavior briefing headline could not be more clear: “The healing power of nature reduces stress, anxiety and depression.” bit.ly/4oxVx7r

“Someone should have been there in that room checking his blood pressure every 15 minutes, but no,” Linda Appiah-Siriboe said. “I strongly believe that it was staffing that caused that poor man’s death.”

A new study published in the journal Science has found a downside to remote work: People who work remotely are more likely to face increased anxiety, depression and social isolation, NPR reports.

Thanks to the work of the Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS) and a body of extensive research on our health, we now know that the cost of inhabiting an environment infused with race and gender discrimination aimed directly at us is serious damage to our mental and physical health.

A new corner of social media has emerged, focused less on aspirational luxury or a perfect social life and more on having no friends at all. “Loneliness influencers,” are predominantly young women who post brief clips of solo moments from their quiet private lives.

Financial pressures, trade volatility and deep cultural stigma are pushing farmers to a breaking point. In rural Minnesota, some specialists are trying to close the gap.

Some therapists are now using AI to record, transcribe and store patient sessions, and not all patients are comfortable with it – for good reason, according to @npr.org.

Affecting up to 6% of the population, hoarding disorder is a complex mental health condition that requires careful, boundary-focused family support. Stigma keeps many families silent and struggling alone.

Online gambling has exploded – and that explosion is undermining the finances and mental health of millions of people, especially young men, according to a new report from the Kindbridge Research Institute in partnership with UCLA.

As communities face wildfires, severe storms, displacement, and environmental loss, experts are calling attention to the urgent psychological consequences of living in an increasingly uncertain world. Our webinar dives into what this means & who is most affected. Register here: bit.ly/4ehzSgk

Some therapists are now using AI to record, transcribe and store patient sessions, and not all patients are comfortable with it – for good reason, according to @npr.org. bit.ly/4uQ0afu

Every year, 20 or more elderly San Francisco renters are threatened with eviction because of their hoarding disorder. A unique peer-support program helps them make changes – and keep their apartments.

When Derek Carter began serving as a volunteer peer counselor at the prison he'd transferred out of, providing support to people in the mental health unit, he found a growing sense of purpose and learned that trauma affects us all.

Psychotherapist and documentarian Satsuki Ina on Japanese American imprisonment, the legacy of cultural trauma, and speaking out against detention centers. bit.ly/4u4FgIq

In a new report, experts weigh in on how 988 and 911 can work together to ensure that people in crisis get the help they need.

The Trump administration’s anti-immigration push has intensified the deep anguish of many who came to the U.S. to escape trauma.

Experts say we need to stop blaming parents and treat child-against-parent aggression as a systemic problem.

The Salmon River Central School District in upstate New York confirmed that special education staff used wooden boxes to confine disabled students in 2025. endseclusion.info/49d2HYu

New research finds that antibiotics, antivirals, vaccines and anti-inflammatories are all associated with reduced dementia risk.

Californians accused of crimes can receive mental health treatment rather than prison time under a 2018 law. Lawmakers are seeking to revamp the rules following reports of violent offenses.

Luisa Rios Macias dropped off her son, Raul Rios Ordaz, at San Antonio's Laurel Ridge Treatment Center on March 2, 2025. Within 24 hours, he was dead. It was the first of three patient deaths at Laurel Ridge last year.

Studies on suicide’s relationship to several factors show that when people’s basic needs aren’t met, they are more likely to kill themselves.

Palestinian men, women and children held in Israeli detention have been subjected to rape, sexual violence and systematic humiliation — and Israeli officials with the authority to stop it will not. Many have been too traumatized and ashamed to report or discuss it – until now.

A tragic death galvanized them to help people grappling with drug use and mental illness. Now they’re proposing legislative change.

The author of a survey of crisis hotline counselors talks about his experiences and why he wanted to tap into the wisdom of the people who answer calls to 988.

A nurse-led program based in Atlanta equips Black churches across the country with funding and support to make their services more welcoming to people living with dementia and their families, challenging the stigma that often accompanies the disease.

“Every New Yorker deserves access to care, dignity and support, no matter where they are in their recovery journey,” Mamdani said.

About one-third of people who have died in ICE custody since January 2025 are of Asian origin. The majority of them are of Chinese descent.

President Trump’s mental instability and sole authority to launch nuclear weapons make him “a clear and present danger,” according to one doctor.