Video games could help treat cognitive disorders like depression and ADHD
Researchers are turning to a unexpected treatment for cognitive disorders: video games.
Mental Health
New funding will help North Carolina transition to 9-8-8 Suicide Prevention Lifeline number
A new federal grant will help North Carolina transition to a three-digit suicide prevention lifeline.
Brain scan studies need to get much bigger to offer insight into mental illness
Researchers say most brain scan studies are too small to explain complex human traits like intelligence or mental health. Meaningful insights will require studies of thousands of brains, not dozens.
It's time to screen all kids for anxiety, physicians' task force recommends
In light of the growing kids' mental health crisis, the group says it's crucial to identify kids who are struggling. The advice doesn't call for suicide screening, which many experts think is needed.
New CDC survey warns of growing mental health crisis among teens
Ayesha Rascoe asks Kathleen Ethier, director of the CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health, about a new survey on teen mental health.
Screening kids for anxiety and depression early on could help stop crises, panel says
An advisory committee has issued its draft recommendations to screen kids earlier for anxiety and depression. Experts say this will help children get help before things escalate into a crisis.
The military might be creating 'a perfect storm' for eating disorders
Studies show that veterans have a much higher risk of eating disorders than civilians. Risk factors include chaotic eating situations, weight requirements and a culture of being in control.
The only psychiatric hospital in Montana is losing federal funding
The only public psychiatric hospital in Montana had important federal funding pulled after failing to correct patient safety issues, which resulted in deaths. Advocates worry things will get worse.
Images of Zelenskyy show the physical toll that trauma and stress can have on the body
Health experts told NPR that long-term exposure to trauma and stress — like that of the war in Ukraine — can impact a person's sleep, memory, mood and physical appearance.
Teen drug overdose deaths rose sharply in 2020, driven by fentanyl-laced pills
While adult overdoses surged in the last decades, teens hadn't seen the same kind of death rates. But now fatal overdoses nearly doubled in one year and continued to rise in 2021.