Youth Mental Health: Understanding the Adolescent Crisis
Rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidality among adolescents have risen substantially over the past decade. The causes are multiple and the respons...
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Eating Disorders: What Research Shows About Causes, Treatment, and Recovery
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental health condition. Understanding the evidence on causes and treatment is essential for b...
Mindfulness-Based Interventions: What Research Shows About Effectiveness and Limitations
Mindfulness programs have proliferated across healthcare, schools, and workplaces. Rigorous evaluation reveals genuine benefits for some populations a...
Trauma Informed Care: A Framework That Changes How We Work With People
Trauma informed care asks not 'what's wrong with you?' but 'what happened to you?' The shift changes the therapeutic relation...
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: Research on Psilocybin, MDMA, and Ketamine for Mental Health
Psychedelic compounds are being rigorously studied for the first time in decades. Research on psilocybin and MDMA for depression and PTSD has produced...
Postpartum Depression: What Research Shows About Recognition and Treatment
Postpartum depression is the most common complication of childbirth, yet it is frequently unrecognized and undertreated. Research on its causes and ef...
Peer Support in Mental Health: Evidence, Models, and Expanding Role
People with lived experience of mental illness increasingly fill formal support roles. The evidence on peer support effectiveness is growing and large...
Children and Mental Health: Early Intervention and Its Long-Term Effects
Mental health conditions often emerge in childhood. Early identification and intervention can alter life trajectories, but access to child mental heal...
Loneliness as a Public Health Problem: What Research Shows
The U.S. Surgeon General declared loneliness an epidemic. This piece examines the research on loneliness, its health consequences, and evidence-based ...
The Therapist Shortage: Why Getting Mental Healthcare Is So Hard
Demand for mental health services has grown faster than the workforce can supply. The resulting access gap falls hardest on those who need care most....