It's been two years since the COVID-19 pandemic forced worldwide lockdowns, and the anniversary had prompted a lot of reflection about how much life has changed. It's a different anniversary for me. Amid the stay-at-home orders and corona-chaos of March 2020, I was admitted to an inpatient mental health facility.

Poverty has a weaker impact on well-being in developing countries, and a new study suggests that national religiosity can explain this effect. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that religion helps alleviate the mental toll of poverty.

A study found that serious COVID-19 illness is linked to an increase in the risk of long-term adverse mental health implications, such as depression and anxiety.

Dogs may also be a doctor’s best friend. For patients suffering from pain in the emergency room, just 10 minutes with a four-legged friend may help reduce pain, according to a study published Wednesday.

A bipartisan group of attorneys general are launching an investigation into whether TikTok is designed and promoted in a “manner that causes or exacerbates physical and mental health harms” for children and young people. Led by the Massachusetts attorney general, Maura Healy, the regulators are investigating whether the company violated consumer protection laws or put the public at risk.

I have some good news and some bad news. But then, some more good news. It's about a scientific study on happiness -- and the surprising thing that actually seems to make it harder for people to achieve true, holistic well-being and happiness. It comes to us from a huge team of researchers around the globe, who studied 7,443 people in 40 countries to determine whether social pressure might actually achieve the counterproductive result of making individual people less likely to be happy.

Searching for meaning is something many of us experience throughout our lives: finding something to strive for that gives shape, direction, and purpose to the things we choose to do. For some, this meaning is religious; some political; some interpersonal. And having a sense of meaning can bring us happiness (or, if we lack meaning, unhappiness).

In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25%, according to a scientific brief released by the World Health Organization (WHO) today. The brief also highlights who has been most affected and summarizes the effect of the pandemic on the availability of mental health services and how this has changed during the pandemic.

Research points to specific circuits for active vs. passive suicidal thoughts.

A study reveals lower rates of disability among Japanese seniors who owned dogs, likely owing to increased exercise.

Americans on average die three years sooner than their counterparts in other wealthy nations. This can be brought on by many factors, but researchers find that automation is a major source of the decline of US manufacturing jobs leading to this.

Upon reaching its port the autonomous ship was even able to steer itself into its designated bay, with drones dropping its mooring line.

How do you improve your life? Many of us assume that flourishing in the face of adversity requires a certain kind of mindset. Believing in your power, staying focused on future goals, being proactive, and leveraging social relationships are four outlooks that can help, many of us suspect, in overcoming life’s obstacles.

A significant number of people who died by suicide were likely autistic, but undiagnosed, according to new research that highlights the urgent need for earlier

Regret is often seen as undesirable, but it’s a crucial emotion in helping us develop. How do we harness its powerful lessons?

New research published the Journal of Abnormal Psychology suggests that social comparisons play an important role in social anxiety. The findings provide evidence that people with social anxiety view themselves as inferior or deficient compared to others, which in turn is related to worsened mood.

Psychologists say this type of mindset helps you stay resilient in the face of uncertainty. As human beings, we have the unique ability to imagine different scenarios and outcomes, daydream up hopeful storylines, plan for the future, and even ruminate on disaster scenarios, regardless of how likely they may be.

Once counterculture staples, LSD and magic mushrooms are starting to trip out another world: psychiatry. A small—but rapidly growing—group of doctors is embracing the drugs as powerful tools against a myriad of mental demons. People suffering from depression, substance abuse, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have all benefited from psychedelics in small controlled trials. Psychedelics, over 50 years after the Summer of Love, have once again taken flight.

A new study published in Frontiers in Psychology explores how experiences of infidelity affect future relationships. Having cheated on a partner or having ...

A study among teenage TikTok users found that those who showed addictive tendencies toward the platform performed worse when recalling number sequences. The findings, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, further suggested that this working memory deficit was in part due to increased depression and anxiety.