Researchers at NYU analyzed California’s gun recoveries in conjunction with data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study found that for every 20 ghost guns recovered, the firearm suicide rate increased by about 6 percent across the state.

According to letters from children living in an ICE detention facility, living conditions are inhumane and their mental health is suffering.

Mindfulness has been commodified and co-opted into little more than a pacifier shushing us amidst intolerable, overwhelming conditions according to Ronald Purser, author of “McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality.”

For Qais Alemi, the study of refugee mental health is not an academic abstraction. It is the story of his father, an attorney in Afghanistan, forced to work fast food counters to make ends meet in the United States.

What started as a fundraiser for a sick cat that had been adopted and cared for by women at a Texas prison led to social media fame, $11,000 in donations, and a retaliatory stint in solitary confinement.

“The use of therapy speak to justify, in essence, being non-committal socially, sort of withdrawing socially, or having the right to withdraw socially, I think, is really hurtful,” says Jamil Zaki, director of the Social Neuroscience Lab at Stanford University.

Many teens, like me before reading this book, might not know a lot about BPD – a controversial diagnosis and a disorder that’s estimated to affect 1% of the population, more commonly among teens and young adults.

The Trump Administration has abruptly frozen $10 billion in federal funding for social services, cash assistance for low-income families, and child care subsidies in five states: California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, and New York.

There are two major factors that go into what we consider childhood adversity. It’s having your threat system overly activated... And it’s also being deprived of things that would normally occur if you weren’t forced to migrate, like going to school or having enough to eat.

The Department of Homeland Security claims 70% of ICE arrests have been of “criminal illegal aliens,” but the evidence collected by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse does not support it. @syracuseu.bsky.social bit.ly/3LDrMmP

One of the nation’s largest behavioral health hospital chains continues to face legal scrutiny for alleged patient abuse and negligence.

Philadelphia might be ground zero for a new and dangerous phase of the nation’s drug crisis as medetomidine. It's an extremely potent veterinary sedative, rapidly replaces xylazine in the city’s fentanyl supply. bit.ly/49bpof0

Scientist Nabarun Dasgupta began analyzing data on overdose deaths after a dear friend died of a heroin overdose. He has since become one of the country’s most influential experts on how drug use spreads – and how lives might be saved.

“The Factory of Maladies” could not be more timely. A memoir by artist and writer Deborah Hartung’s account of her short but terrifying lock-up in a psychiatric ward in San Francisco, it serves as a bellwether of sorts.

As companies recognize the competitive advantage of hiring neurodiverse staff, experts advocate for moving beyond standard solutions to create tailored accommodations, sensory-friendly spaces, and a culture that harnesses the unique strengths of neurodiversity in the workplace.

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has, since 2012, protected hundreds of thousands of people from deportation as policy makers try to carve out a path to citizenship. But now, as PBS reports, #ICE has started seizing #DACA recipients.

While not an official condition, mental health clinicians say FOFO is used informally to describe how people avoid vital health screenings due to anxieties about what might be discovered. These include mammograms, Pap smears, STD tests, blood tests, and full-body skin cancer checks.

The suicide of 15-year-old Miles Phipps, who was relentlessly bullied and misgendered by peers and a teacher, tragically highlights the mental health crisis facing #trans youth amidst the rollback of protections in US schools.

The state of Utah is hatching plans to move homeless people out of Salt Lake City and into a large-scale facility on the edge of town, where as many as 2/3 won’t be allowed to leave.

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (#ARFID) is far from just picky eating. Sufferers don’t seem to be motivated by a desire to lose weight or alter their appearance. Rather, they’re averse to the actual food.

Anxiety is on the rise in 2025, according to a recent survey by the American Psychiatric Association, which found that 43% of U.S. adults reported they felt more #anxious than the previous year.

“In the military culture, it’s really easy to feel like if you have questions or dissent, you’re the only person who thinks that,” says veteran Brittany Ramos DeBarros, an About Face director who served in Afghanistan.

The El Paso-Ciudad Juárez region, which includes parts of Texas and New Mexico and the Mexican state of Chihuahua, offers a stark example of the opportunities and challenges harm-reduction workers face along the border.

More than three years have passed since Salvador Ramos killed 19 children and two teachers with an AR-15 rifle and wounded 17 others, and Amy Franco is still struggling to find the person she was before the massacre. “It’s a mental, physical, and emotional battle,” she says.

Southern young people are less likely to see affirming content on social media. “There is a big community of people in the South who donʼt enjoy the inclusion of other people.... social media is kind of localized where you live, so you see that non-inclusive content.”

David recounted his boundless love for his wife Dena and how they “fell for each other hard” – something that “wasn’t mere ‘chemistry’; it was more akin to particle physics – a revelation of the subatomic properties of love. bit.ly/47yKpzo (@theatlantic.com)

'How Are We Today?' emphasizes evidence-based mental health strategies that viewers can try immediately. One episode on panic attacks features “awareness activities” like breathing exercises and journaling.

❗93 million adults in the US are at high risk for serious vision loss, but only half visited an eye doctor in the past 12 months.

bout two in 10 #LGBTQ + students missed school because of safety concerns in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national survey of youth risk behavior.

“If you really want a relationship to work, you excuse it,” Saxton told @theguardian.com. “Maybe I’m being a certain way, or maybe they’re struggling because of their previous breakup. You come up with all these reasons… You find arguments as to why you’re putting up with this.”

“We realized that during COVID, there was so much overdose loss that was happening because people were at home and were trying to deal with their emotions and the confinements of being at home and under lockdown, and the result was really triggering”

The fact that we hear more about autism now, Professor Roy Richard Grinker writes, speaks to scientific advancements, including early detection, better education, and improved therapies.

💔 Tips for getting over an unrequited crush: Try to keep them out of your life, and try not to indulge in fantasy thinking. Replacing the urge to focus on them with new goals can help you recognize limerence as a mental process rather than fate, returning agency into your hands.

Minnesota has made big strides in building a system of mental healthcare for its schools – today, 61% of #Minnesota schools and 82% of districts offer access to free or reduced-cost support.

Lee Hammock hadn’t thought of himself as a #narcissist until his wife shouted the word at him... after googling the word and finding it described him “pretty accurately,” he dug deeper, investigating whether he truly was a narcissist, and if so, how it might have affected his life.

Every day for a solid year, Krystal Nice would check the Social Security Administration website at 5:15am for updates. She had applied for disability benefits in April 2024, but kept waiting for a decision. @pubhealthwatch.bsky.social

🐈 “No, honey, it’s a dog; you were right from the beginning. And just remember: You can trust yourself and your good mind and what you see in front of you. So don’t ever let anybody, even your dear old dad, tell you a dog is a cat.”

More than three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of #Ukraine, the French game pétanque has become an unlikely, but important, source of relief for Ukrainian seniors. bit.ly/4gzMGhI

Therapist Jessica Romero’s patient saw two men abducted in front of their apartment in broad daylight and froze out of fear. Psychiatrist Erica Lubliner works with a parent whose child sobs for fear his dark skin makes him a target of immigration agents. bit.ly/3IuDC0V

For decades, the country has been moving away from long-term residential psychiatric institutions in favor of community-based treatment. That progress is now under threat.

Adventurous Construction Playground Kolle 37 is a massive, unconventional playplace replete with hand tools, wooden forts, an old car now suited as a den, off-axis swings, and even fire pits. It’s also just for kids; parents can only visit on Saturdays. bit.ly/42oZotG

The people most enthusiastic about #Minecraft therapy are exactly who therapists struggle to reach – pre-adolescent boys. Typically, this age group is the least engaged, the least open with feelings. But they never miss a Minecraft session and are among the most animated and engaged. bit.ly/42aWtoH

The Trump administration has buried a shocking surprise for student loan borrowers in its so-called Big Beautiful Budget Bill. If part of your student loan was forgiven, you may find a “tax bomb” in a future tax bill that requires you to pay taxes on the amount that was forgiven. bit.ly/4mLZnIv

Research shows that weighted blankets improve sleep in people with certain mental health conditions, Craig Jackson, professor of occupational health psychology at Birmingham City University, writes in @us.theconversation.com. bit.ly/4lXdb1w

Last year, 169 police officers who received crisis training used force at least once during a mental health-related incident in #Chicago.

Unlike most Chicago police officers, the Thresholds team tries to give individuals a concrete safety plan. While police may default to hospitalization or arrest, Manuel Meza said his team rarely has to take that step.

In front of the teal blue door that she used to walk through every day, eleven bullet holes served as a haunting reminder of the night this January when four police officers stepped off an elevator and shot Timothy Glaze 16 times. He was in the midst of a mental health crisis. bit.ly/4lT6AW4

When Janette Bass, a petite, 59 year-old white woman, unlocked the entrance to her condo, she also opened another door: one that led her to being taken against her will to a hospital ER for a psychiatric evaluation based solely on the decision of a police officer. bit.ly/4n2h9a4 @invisible.institute

There are ways we celebrate when someone heals from a severe illness – we might congratulate those in remission from cancer, or maybe even throw them a big party. A person who was sick is now free from disease and all, we assume, must be well. But often, that isn’t true.

Today’s kids spend way too much time on screens. But child psychology experts say it’s not only because social media is addictive.