Japan has appointed a "Minister of Loneliness" in an attempt to reduce loneliness and social isolation among its residents as the country deals with rising suicide rates, Tomohiro Osaki reported for the Japan Times.

Back in clinical psychology, a “victim complex” or “victim mentality” refers to a character trait of persons who think they’re always the victims of others’ damaging activities, even if made aware of proof to the contrary. Many men and women undergo regular periods of easy self-pity — within their grieving process, for instance.

During the pandemic, suicidal thinking is up. And families find that hospitals can’t handle adolescents in crisis.

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Gaming has soared thanks to people being forced to spend more time indoors. But, this overall increase in screen time has left some parents feeling anxious about their children’s well-being. While in the past, engaging in video games has often been portrayed as promoting violent behaviour or a “waste of time,” it could offer some unique benefits for young people as well.

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Boys who regularly play video games at age 11 are less likely to develop depressive symptoms three years later, finds a new study led by a UCL researcher.

For the millions of Americans living with dementia, every day during this pandemic can bring a fresh horror.

Researchers have studied the well-being of video game players and found positive effects of gaming on mental health.

Feeling like you’re swimming against a current. Lack of energy. Constantly longing for the end of the day and never feeling like you’ve got enough time. These are all signs of burnout, and they can happen to anyone.

All research in the world AF (After Facebook) tells us that social media negatively affects our mental health. It increases anxiety, depression, loneliness, and triggers FOMO (fear of missing out) in especially the young people who use it. Mindlessly switching timelines and profiles and doomscrolling scrolling is quite bad for us.

The rate of antidepressant use among youth rises after local exposure to fatal school shootings, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. The study represents largest analysis to date of the impacts of school shootings on youth mental health.

"Given a large volume of spoken or written speech, can you tease out a signal?"

College students struggled with mental health problems before the pandemic. Now, some vulnerable students are even more at risk.

A breakthrough study from a team of neurologists at Stanford University claims to have discovered one way immune cells become dysfunctional as we age, leading to the inflammatory hyperdrive that plays a role in most age-related disease from cancer to cognitive decline.

As Oregon has become the first US state to make psilocybin -- the hallucinogenic compound in magic mushrooms -- legal for mental health treatment in supervised settings, a new study finds it works to address depression symptoms

Prenatal testing is changing who gets born and who doesn’t. This is just the beginning.

After Robin Williams died in August 2014, aged 63, a lot of people had a lot of things to say about him. There was the predictable speculation about why a hugely beloved and seemingly healthy Hollywood star would end his own life, with some confidently stating that he was depressed or had succumbed to old addictions.

Growing up amid wildfires and polluted air, California's young are seeing firsthand the effects of climate change. The risk they face is not only physical, but also psychological and emotional.

New theories recognize depression as part of a biological survival strategy.