More Mental Health
Megan Thee Stallion wants you to check in on your friends
The rapper champions mental health in new PSA: "It's OK to not be OK."
By Rebecca Ruiz
New S.O.S. initiative online rating system targets teen safety
Experts are working to create a rating system for social media, search engines, and gaming platforms.
By Rebecca Ruiz
988 Lifeline now available in American Sign Language
The hotline becomes more accessible to people in crisis who are deaf and hard of hearing.
By Rebecca Ruiz
New survey shows emotional toll of AI anxiety, employee monitoring
The technologies are associated with stress, irritability, and burnout for some workers.
By Rebecca Ruiz
How to ask a teen if they're feeling suicidal
These questions can quickly determine if a young person is in need of help.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Your mental health internet search may lead to malware
Looking for virtual therapy, meditation music, or ADHD treatment? You might find malware instead.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Report slams generative AI tools for helping users create harmful eating disorder content
Popular AI tools and chatbots can give users dangerous tips and suggestions.
By Rebecca Ruiz
5 tips to help manage your back-to-school mental health
Going back to school can bring on the blues. Take control of your mental health with these tips.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Why extreme heat brings worse mental health — and what you can do about it.
We know that heat waves can worsen mental health. We urgently need innovative solutions.
By Rebecca Ruiz
5 social-emotional skills for parents
SEL skills aren't just for kids. Parents need them, too.
By Rebecca Ruiz
7 skills to help reframe negative thoughts when social media makes you feel lousy
Yes, the algorithms need to change. In the meantime, these techniques can help stop a downward spiral.
By Rebecca Ruiz
How to stop caring what people think about you
It's not simple. But it's part of being human.
The 8 most impactful mental health moments of 2023 (so far)
Ed Sheeran opens up about depression, 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' dominates the Oscars, and more.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Feeling an existential crisis brewing? Here are 3 ways to cope.
How to beat the anxiety that can make you feel helpless.
By Rebecca Ruiz
'Profound risk of harm': Surgeon General issues warning about youth social media use
Advisory calls for urgent action to protect mental health of tweens and teens.
By Rebecca Ruiz
When it becomes risky for teens to diagnose their mental health online
It can be tempting to self-diagnose, but this is what teens should do instead.
By Rebecca Ruiz
4 ways to help girls thrive online
Parents can make a big difference by using these strategies.
By Rebecca Ruiz
YouTube updates guidelines for eating disorder-related content
The video platform announces prohibited content and age restrictions.
By Rebecca Ruiz
How AI tools like ChatGPT can combat ADHD paralysis
Generative AI could help people who struggle with focus. But becoming a Dungeons & Dragons firbolg cleric still requires a human touch.
New Amazon Music feature matches hit songs with feelings
The Sound It Out campaign is designed to help teens open up about their feelings.
By Rebecca Ruiz
Long COVID and suicide: How patients are helping each other in their darkest hour
Online communities and conversations are providing long COVID survivors with support — and hope.
By Rebecca Ruiz
21 reasons to keep living when you feel suicidal
People who've been there before share their reasons for staying alive.
By Rebecca Ruiz
'You're always on': Warnings from the front lines of the teen mental health crisis
The doctors who treat teens explain how social media and screen time affects their patients.
By Rebecca Ruiz
3 things to know before talking to ChatGPT about your mental health
ChatGPT has advice to offer, but should you take it?
By Rebecca Ruiz
Tyre Nichols news is painful. Here's how to be informed and avoid racial stress.
In times like these, it's more than OK to just log off.
