Teen Depression Has Slightly Decreased, but the CDC’s Latest Report Is Deeply Flawed
The latest CDC teen depression statistics show notable drops in sadness and suicide risk, but critics warn key data was left out. Here’s what the report missed.
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Trump’s Student Loan Changes Cause Anxiety and Panic
Borrowers face rising payments under the Trump administration's student loan changes. Plus: teaching emotional literacy to teen girls, and why the new CDC youth mental health report is facing criticism.
One Woman’s Mission to Help Middle School Girls Expand Their Emotional Literacy in Metro Chicago
Keana Shatteen is building emotional literacy for girls in Chicago, helping middle school students turn feelings into positive communication.
Suicide Is Hard to Predict. Access to Guns Is Not
Suicide is nearly impossible to predict, but gun access is not. Research shows red flag laws and firearm policy save more lives than risk assessment.
Depression Isn’t the Only Post-Birth Mental Illness Recent Mothers Experience
Postpartum depression gets the spotlight, but anxiety, psychosis, and other perinatal mental illnesses often go unnoticed and untreated.
TikTok Suggests Scores of Students Are Leaving College Weeks Into the Semester. Is It True?
TikTok videos of freshmen quitting college are going viral, but the data says Gen Z isn't dropping out more than past generations.
Rumors of Kids Quitting College En Masse Are Exaggerated
This week: what the data says about Gen Z students quitting college, and why postpartum mental illness is more than depression.
Recovery Homes Work, but Georgia Cities Want to Keep Zoning Them Out
Recovery residences help Georgians beat addiction, but neighbors and zoning laws across Georgia are pushing sober living homes out.
Despite Warnings, the Navy Refused to Investigate the Connection Between Flying Fighter Jets and Brain Injuries to Pilots
A House Oversight report finds the Navy ignored years of warnings about brain injuries in fighter pilots, despite deaths and low-cost fixes.
Why Is Georgia Blocking Recovery Homes for Substance Abuse?
Georgia towns are using zoning loopholes to shut recovery homes down, even as addiction and mental illness surge statewide.
Why Are Mothers Punished for Parenting?
Those of us who roamed freely as kids can be arrested for letting our kids do the same.
Punished for Parenting
A Virginia mother’s conviction has reignited a national debate on free range parenting laws.
These 9/11 Survivors Found Healing in Helping Others
Twenty-five years after the World Trade Center attacks, survivors share their stories and how helping others sparked post-traumatic growth.
How Much of Your Personality Lives in Your Genes?
A massive genome study reveals how much of your personality is genetic, linking 1,260 DNA variants to Big Five traits and real-world behavior.
How Football Affects Your Child’s Brain Health
For young football players, what matters is fewer years of contact and fewer hits within those years.
Are We Reaching People in Crisis — or Just Counting the Ones Who Call?
Billions were spent on the 988 lifeline, but fewer than 1 in 5 people in crisis use it. Here is what research reveals about the gap in mental health care.
You Cannot Make Football Safe for a Child’s Brain, but You Can Make It Safer
Football cannot be made completely safe for a child’s brain, but smart choices can lower the risk. Discover how flag leagues and reduced contact protect youth.
Discharged to Die: Doctors and Hospitals Across the U.S. Fail to Treat Patients With Addiction
An investigation into hospitals turning away patients with severe addiction, and the stigma inside U.S. medicine that leaves most people untreated.
The Lindsey Clancy Murder Trial
Women nationwide watch the Lindsay Clancy trial and see themselves in her story, plus an investigation into hospitals that fail patients with addiction.
Scores of Women Witness the Trial of Lindsey Clancy, Many Believing ‘She Could Be One of Us.’
Inside the Lindsay Clancy trial, where mothers nationwide are watching a jury weigh insanity vs. guilt and asking what the mental health system owes them.
Meta Pays $17 Billion Settlement for Lawsuit Over Child Harm
Meta will pay up to $17.1 billion and reshape how its platforms operate after 47 states argued that they are harmful and also addictive to children by design.
The Crisis Line for LGBTQ+ Youth Is Coming Back, but Without the Group That Built It
The "Press 3" option is slated to return this fall — but without the support of The Trevor Project, which piloted the program.
Meta’s $17 Billion Reckoning for Teen Social Media Addiction
The company is reshaping its Facebook and Instagram platforms after 47 states argued its content was addictive by design.
Antidepressants Don’t Always Work, But Alternative Treatments May Help
Treatment-resistant depression affects roughly 31% of those treated for depression in the United States, according to the Yale Depression Research Program.