Mental Health

Meta lawsuit settlement

Here are the child safety features Facebook and Instagram must adopt as part of $17.1 billion lawsuit settlement

Lindsay Clancy trial puts focus on postpartum psychosis; here's how it differs from depression

Clancy Postpartum Depression

Waking up to a mind filled with worries? A 'brain dump' may help ease that stress

Brain Dump Anxiety

Teens are turning to AI chatbots for emotional support — here's how to keep kids safe

AI Chatbots Teens

Dogs can distinguish different types of human emotions, study shows

Dogs human emotion

Getting outside despite your 9‑to‑5 job can improve your mental health

Nature Work Day

AI chatbot companions could be making adults more lonely, new study finds

AI chatbots loneliness.jpg

Persistent financial stress may cause the brain to age faster, study finds

financial stress brain aging

Mental health check-ins to smartphones may monitor suicide risk better than weekly therapy sessions

EMA suicide

New dads with paid paternity leave have better mental health than those who lack it, study finds

New Dads Anxiety

Could your kid benefit from counseling? Experts offer 3 questions to help you decide

Child Psychology Therapy

Summer may ease pressures on youth, but it's a good time to address mental health concerns

Summer Mental Health

Most college students with psychosis do not get the help they need, study finds

Psychosis College Students

Children's Health

Children are increasingly visiting doctors for anxiety and other mental health issues, study shows

Mental Health Pediatricians

Half of American adults get health info from social media influencers — yet few trust them

Health Influencers Pew

1 in 10 LGBTQ+ young people attempted suicide in the last year, report shows

LGBTQ+ Suicide Rate

An AI chatbot posed as a licensed mental health provider, and Pennsylvania is suing the company behind it

Shapiro Lawsuit CharacterAI

Suicide deaths among young people fell after 988 lifeline debuted

Suicide 988 Lifeline

Taking a GLP-1? Doctors say not to forget about movement and mental health

Zepbound GLP-1 Drugs

Philly's new homeless shelter offers case management and medical services to 'set people up for success'

Hope 220 Homeless Shelter

Yawning could help cool down the brain and strengthen social bonds

Dogs can help boost mental and physical health, but it's important to understand their feelings, too

Dog Behavior tips

Urban forests improve the health of city residents — that's partly why new trees are planted in Philly every spring

Urban Tree Planting

People leaving prison face unique health challenges. This new Center City clinic seeks to help them

Philadelphia FIGHT clinic

Drinking soda linked to higher risk of anxiety in adolescents, study finds

Soda Mental Health

Bad haircuts can leave people feeling down. Here's how to cope

Bad Haircut Coping

Difficult people are more than a pain in the neck. They may make others age faster

Aging Stressful People

Stressed out by politics? You're not imagining it, and research shows that social media is largely to blame

Political Stress Social Media

Do positive affirmations work? A psychologist unpacks the evidence

Mental Health Affirmation

Exercise can be as effective as medication for depression and anxiety, new study shows

Depression Treatment Exercise

Many young people are being prescribed multiple psychiatric drugs at once — which can be risky

Antidepressants Mental Health

Bucks County native Andrew Heo says devotion to mental health helped him get back to Olympics

Andrew Heo

Psychiatric disorders share more genetic overlap than scientists realized, study shows

Mental illness genes

Sleeping in on weekends may benefit teenagers' mental health

Teenagers Sleep Depression

Frequent online shopping is tied to higher stress levels, study shows

Online Shopping Stress

Not all people who die by suicide are depressed — despite common thought

Suicide Prevention Genetics

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