Browsing: Mental Health

Psychology says people who panic before a problem even begins are not pessimists, they may be looking for certainty

Psychology says siblings who fight over the TV remote may be competing for more than just control

Depression is a major contributor to the global burden of diseases with substantial socioeconomic consequences. Here, to estimate the economic effects of depression, we developed a macroeconomic model using data from the World Bank and Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The model estimated the impact of depression on labor force participation, educational attainment and…

A recent Harvard Gazettearticle on the “tech-lash” caught my attention. It was built around an interview with the analyst Sara Watson where she talked about people digging up vintage iPods and going back to flip phones, part of a broader turn toward what she called “grandma hobbies” like knitting

USA Swimming released the pre-scratch psych sheets for the Toyota U.S. National Championships on Friday, and one of the biggest surprises on the psych sheet was the presence of Enhanced Games athlete Hunter Armstrong

When Jim arrived at an American Red Cross distribution site wearing a U.S. Navy Seabees “Can Do” cap and a T-shirt proclaiming him “The World’s Greatest Grandpa,” he had come for cleanup supplies

Can you make a fun thriller about a subject as anxiety inducing as climate change? That’s a question that has vexed veterans of the entertainment industry, like Michael Crichton, author of State of Fear, and Roland Emmerich, director of The Day After Tomorrow. And it’s something that the BBC tackles, head on, with its new…

South Korea’s Kospi dived more than 8% to a three-month low, triggering a circuit breaker, and Japan’s Nikkei slid 4%, following a 2.2% drop for the Philadelphia Semiconductor index

Long before the opioid epidemic became a full-on public health crisis in the U.S., there were multiple warning signs that were misread, minimized, and dismissed. Tragically, a similar phenomenon seems to be emerging with kratom

If you or someone you know is thinking of harming themselves, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides free support at 1-800-273-8255. U.S. residents can also be connected to the Lifeline bycalling or texting 988 or chatting at988lifeline.org. For more about risk factors and warning signs, visit the organization’sofficial website