Stress and long working hours are regrettably common among early-career researchers, reveals a survey by the group the Young Academy of Europe.

Loneliness is a “disease”, associated with an increased risk of death equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Strides have been made in understanding what form of loneliness is damaging (a lack of close relationships with other people, rather than a lack of relationships per se), but ways to tackle loneliness are badly needed.

Summary: A new neuroimaging study provides an insight into the neurobiology of those willing to commit terrorist acts.

Two proteins central to the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease act as prions – spreading through tissue like an infection by forcing normal proteins to adopt the same misfolded shape. 

The illusionist Derren Brown has studied the philosophy and psychology of happiness - and he argues that many of us could take a radical new approach to improving our wellbeing

Scientists find higher cortisol levels in owners matched by raised levels in canine companions

People suffering from Body Integrity Identity Disorder do not feel their bodies as theirs

It’s been about a year since Mark’s death. In that time, my perspective on empathy has changed dramatically.

Learn more about Depression and anxiety might affect susceptibility to certain allergies, according to new study

The psychologists behind the research hope their insights can help the autistic community and those around them in adapting support available.

Meditation and vacations appear to have overlapping effects, according to new research in The Journal of Positive Psychology. The study found that both ...

It's a feeling of extreme work stress that's long been embedded in the cultural lexicon, and now it might be codified in your medical records as well.

Dementia affects 850,000 people in the UK

And it turns out it's a positive thing

A simple tweak to the sleeping patterns of ‘night owls’ – people with extreme late sleeping and waking habits – could lead to significant improvements in sleep/wake timings, improved performance in the mornings, better eating habits and a decrease in depression and stress.

A new study provides preliminary evidence that high-intensity resistance training can improve sleep quality and anxiety in adults with post-traumatic stress disorder. The research has been published in the journal Mental Health and Physical Activity.

A new study examines the molecular connection between diet and depression.

The condition is on the rise because the most frequent cause is obesity, which continues its unrelenting climb among American adults.

Researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway have discovered a clear connection between oral health and Alzheimer´s disease.

A recent study examines critical points of depressive symptom trajectories.

Get out and volunteer, research suggests

After a cluster of local teen suicides, stay-at-home dad Colby Wallace launched the “You Matter” campaign to strengthen mental health. On May 12th, Wallace, the 42-year-old father in Queen Anne, Seattle, heard about four teen suicides in King County. “These were local high school students and no one was really talking about it,” Wallace tells Yahoo Lifestyle.

“Burnout” is big this year. The term has been applied to everything from being tired at the weekend to the malaise of an entire generation. Now the World Health Organization, an international body to which many others look for guidance, is giving burnout victims legitimacy by including what it calls “burn-out” in the latest version of its International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health problems, a handbook for recognized medical conditions. It’s the first time time burnout has been recognized by the organization, Tarik Jasarevic, a WHO spokesman, told reporters.

Multinational games industry representatives criticize decision

Simple steps can shift the body clock and improve people's mental health, say researchers.

The Grammy-winning singer-bassist’s ‘12 Little Spells’ charts her search for music’s therapeutic power. Now she’s going to grad school to study the data.

Your personality traits play an important part in how long you are likely to live, as much as, or even more than, other personal factors like your intelligence and your family’s economic background. Now a study in the Journal of Research in Personality has identified a key factor that mediates the personality-mortality link – sleep.

Air pollution is much worse for health than people had thought, increasing the risk of Alzheimer's significantly. Meanwhile, air quality is getting worse.

“Eco-anxiety” and trauma from natural disasters will be on the rise along with sea levels

The 194 members of the World Health Organisation have recognised 'gaming disorder' as an illness at the 72nd World Health Assembly today. The WHO finalised the eleventh revision of its International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11) in June last year, which included gaming disorder. The disorder is described as: 'a pattern of behaviour characterised by impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over...

A woman came to after she spent 27 years in a coma following a car accident.

By Christian Jarrett. The findings challenge the idea that depressed people are seeking to perpetuate their low mood.

Boys ages 10-17 killed themselves at a much higher rate in the month after Netflix's show about suicide was released in 2017. Researchers attribute an extra 195 deaths that year to the series.

It isn’t the tumbling, 360-degree views of San Andreas that command our undivided attention from the top of Mount Chiliad. Nor is it the whir of the cable cars. And it’s not the blanket of mist that engulfs the valley below, nor the implacable sunrise that invades every inch of the towering cliffside’s crevices and chasms. At 2,619 feet above sea level, our group of five is hanging on every word of Craig (not his real name), an unassuming Grand Theft Auto V role-player...

We have no place in our culture for this kind of grief. Gabrielle was still there – it just wasn’t the her I had loved