Mental Health

Young people say they're most likely to have serious drinking problems.

Drinking Too Much? One-Third Of Americans Say Yes

3:58pm June 03, 2015

by Alyson Hurt

Lots of people say they're having trouble with alcohol. Native Americans and young, college-educated white men are most apt to be at risk. And most people don't get any help cutting back.

Seeing What Isn't There: Inside Alzheimer's Hallucinations

4:57pm June 01, 2015

by Rebecca Hersher

Sometimes Greg O'Brien gets a tingling in the back of his brain that tells him a hallucination is coming. Lions. Spiders. Birds. Sometimes the creatures are friendly. Too often, they're not.

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Experimental medicines related to ketamine, an anesthetic and club drug, are making progress in clinical tests.

Depression Treatments Inspired By Club Drug Move Ahead In Tests

7:36am June 01, 2015

by Jon Hamilton

A decade ago, scientists showed that the anesthetic ketamine could relieve major depression in hours. Now, two chemical cousins of the drug are entering the late stages of clinical testing.

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Paralyzed By Doubt? Here's A Guide For The Worrier In Us All

8:40am May 29, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

You might think that anxiety disorder is no laughing matter, but illustrator Gemma Correll respectfully disagrees. She sees the humor in the mental condition that she deals with every day.

Black Cherry Soda. Smell/taste: cherry, creamy, berry. Common effects: relaxed, euphoria, lazy. Top medicinal uses: stress and pain.

Looks Good Enough To Smoke: Marijuana Gets Its Glamour Moment

8:15am May 21, 2015

by Meredith Rizzo

Aficionados of fine weed describe the effects as if they're talking about vintage wine. But how to know which medicinal or recreational strain to choose? This field guide cuts through the haze.

Clinical Psychologist To Head Chicago's Cook County Jail

7:06pm May 19, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block interviews Nneka Jones Tapia, a clinical psychologist who was appointed to lead one of the country's largest jails. More than a third of Cook County's inmates are mentally ill.

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Does A Foreign Accent Mess Up Our Memory Of What's Said?

5:28pm May 19, 2015

by Nancy Shute

It can be hard to decipher what a non-native speaker is saying. But that might not always be a bad thing when it comes to understanding or remembering, scientists say.

Health & Safety

Public Hearing Contests Additional Mental Health Space

4:58pm May 19, 2015

by Michael Burke

A mental health facility wants to add more beds to its Kernersville location. Supporters and detractors both spoke out at a public hearing Monday.

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Long-Term Depression May Boost Stroke Risk Long After Mood Improves

9:51am May 14, 2015

by Patti Neighmond

Even after the psychological pain is effectively treated, damage from long years of depression may linger. It seems to double the risk of stroke among adults over age 50, research suggests.

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Margie Lachman says Abraham Maslow's research had a big influence on modern psychology.

How Did Abraham Maslow Change Psychology?

9:14am May 14, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

Brandeis Psychology professor Margie Lachman works in the same office where Abraham Maslow developed his hierarchy of needs. She describes his lasting influence on psychology.

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