Mental HealthDec 18, 2025
How misreading Google Trends is fuelling Bondi attack conspiracy theories
Google Trends results for attackers’ names from before an attack are increasingly (and incorrectly) being used as evidence of conspiracies.
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Mental HealthDec 18, 2025
Predictors and barriers to minimally adequate treatment among treated individuals with mental disorders: results from the World Mental Health Surveys
Treatments for mental disorders vary widely in type and quality, with many patients failing to receive treatments that meet even minimally adequate standards. We use data from the World Mental Health (WMH) surveys to…
Mental HealthDec 15, 2025
Bipolar disorder raises your risk for these 4 mental health conditions, too
Bipolar disorder is characterized by manic and depressive episodes. Being diagnosed could mean you are at risk for these..
Mental HealthDec 15, 2025
Mental health tip of the day: Name your emotions out loud to calm the mind faster
When emotions feel overwhelming, most people try to suppress them, distract themselves or “think positive” but research shows ...
Mental HealthDec 15, 2025
Secretary Kennedy Swears in Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham as Principal Deputy Director of CDC
Ralph Abraham, M.D., was sworn in today as Principal Deputy Director of the CDC.
Mental HealthDec 14, 2025
AI finds a hidden stress signal inside routine CT scans
Researchers used a deep learning AI model to uncover the first imaging-based biomarker of chronic stress by measuring adrenal gland volume on routine CT scans. This new metric, the Adrenal Volume Index, correlates…
Mental HealthDec 13, 2025
Economic data on interventions for reducing aggression and restrictive interventions in inpatient mental health: a systematic review
Given the importance of economic considerations for the uptake of interventions into psychiatric policy and practice, this systematic review appraises existing economic evaluations of interventions that aim to reduce…
Mental HealthDec 10, 2025
A Mental Health First Aid Training Helps Address Growing Rural Mental Health Crisis
Crop farmer Bob Worth, left, prays with his pastor and fellow church council members. Worth is a third-generation farmer who ...
Mental HealthDec 10, 2025
CDC's Rapid Response Helps Solve First Infant Botulism Outbreak Linked to Formula
The CDC has released an update on the ongoing investigation of infant botulism cases
Mental HealthDec 9, 2025
How a nonprofit has stepped in for veterans battling suicidal thoughts
SAN ANTONIO – Veteran suicide in Military City USA is a difficult topic. After the second suicide in the last eight months ...
Mental HealthDec 8, 2025
Online abuse taking toll on women’s mental health
Online abuse has become a growing health concern for women in Bangladesh, with many victims of cyberbullying or online harassment ...
Mental HealthDec 8, 2025
Experiences and perspectives on traditional and faith healers’ involvement in the care of people with severe mental health conditions in ethiopia: a scoping review
Background Traditional and faith healers (TFHs) play a prominent role in the care of people with severe mental health conditions (MHCs) in many countries. Consequently, there have been calls for closer collaboration…
Mental HealthDec 4, 2025
Tips for How to Build a Healthy Body Image
If you are overweight or have obesity, a healthy body image is important. Here’s how body image affects weight loss, plus ways ...
Mental HealthDec 4, 2025
New Hmong QPR materials aim to break barriers in suicide prevention
A new mental health initiative is making suicide prevention education more accessible to Hmong-speaking communities in central ...
Mental HealthDec 4, 2025
The overdiagnosis debate in mental health misses the point
The sharp rise in mental health diagnoses among young people has ignited a polarizing debate. Many identify global upheavals as ...
Mental HealthDec 3, 2025
Google’s proposed data center in orbit will face issues with space debris in an already crowded orbit
Google’s Project Suncatcher would need sophisticated collision avoidance capabilities to navigate a junk-filled landscape.
Mental HealthDec 3, 2025
Data centres in space: will 2027 really be the year AI goes to orbit?
Google plans to start experimenting with data centres in space in just over a year, while SpaceX and Blue Origin are also talking up the possibilities.
Mental HealthDec 2, 2025
Scientists discover first gene proven to directly cause mental illness
Scientists have discovered that a single gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness—something previously thought to stem only from many genes acting together. People with certain variants of this gene often develop…
Mental HealthDec 2, 2025
Fast depression relief? Nitrous oxide shows remarkable potential
Nitrous oxide may offer quick, short-term relief for people with major depression, especially those who haven’t responded to standard medications. The meta-analysis found rapid improvements after a single dose and more…
Mental HealthDec 2, 2025
Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels, yet release almost no emissions – here’s how its carbon capture tech works
To reduce emissions put into the atmosphere, Google is using carbon capture and sequestration. But not all CCS projects are the same.
Mental HealthDec 1, 2025
Everything to know about behavioral health
The term “behavioral health” refers to the connection between a person’s habits, actions, and emotional well-being, which ...
Mental HealthDec 1, 2025
Onyx Behavioral Health
At Onyx Behavioral Health, we understand the pain and isolation that can come with mental health struggles. Whether you or a ...
Mental HealthNov 29, 2025
Loneliness: America's Invisible Epidemic
Long before the pandemic of 2020 began, the former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy had already declared an epidemic of loneliness in ...
Mental HealthNov 28, 2025
Hidden mitochondrial DNA damage may be a missing link in disease
Researchers identified a new, sticky form of mitochondrial DNA damage that builds up at dramatically higher levels than in nuclear DNA. These lesions disrupt energy production and activate stress-response pathways…
Mental HealthNov 27, 2025
For many people with acute mental illness, ‘hospital in the home’ means living well in the community
A regional New South Wales public hospital will soon close its mental health inpatient facility, in favour of a home-based service.
Mental HealthNov 26, 2025
Mental health summit calls for awareness, action and resilience
Health professionals and stakeholders gathered in Nairobi for a two-day Global Health and wellbeing summit 2025,on the Power of a ...
Mental HealthNov 25, 2025
The ChatGPT effect: In 3 years the AI chatbot has changed the way people look things up
ChatGPT has dramatically altered how people retrieve information, muscling aside Google search as the first stop on the hunt for answers.
Mental HealthNov 24, 2025
Your brain shows damage before your blood pressure even rises
Hypertension begins harming the brain surprisingly early, even before measurable blood pressure increases. Key cells related to blood vessels, signaling, and myelin maintenance begin aging prematurely and malfunctioning…
Mental HealthNov 24, 2025
Addressing community mental health needs: A comparison of the federal and state models
In the decades following deinstitutionalization, the U.S. has yet to find an effective model of a comprehensive behavioral health ...
Mental HealthNov 24, 2025
AI chatbots are encouraging conspiracy theories – new research
If you interact with chatbots about conspiracy theories, research shows you can can easily fall down the rabbit hole.