Teens: Survey Says…

  Ask a teenager what problems they see their peers suffering from and you may be surprised by how attentive and sensitive they are. 70% of U.S. teens ages 13-17, surveyed last year by the Pew Research Center, said anxiety and depression were major problems; only...

Soak In The Great Outdoors

  There may be no better way, research suggests, of lowering stress, improving feelings of well-being and preventing mental illness than spending time outdoors. And it doesn’t take much time to achieve those benefits, either. About 20 minutes spent in a...

Games Children Play

  Perhaps you have heard of the “Momo Challenge” — the “creepy and dangerous game sweeping through social media platforms” that attracts child predators, erases boundaries of online privacy, and encourages acts of self-harm, and, in...

What Are We Doing Wrong?

  The results of a new study on the prevalence of pediatric mental health disorders and treatment should cause every American to sit up and take notice. Publishing in JAMA Pediatrics this month, researchers from the University of Michigan used a nationwide survey...

Suicide — Where The Guns Are

  A quick look at the statistics on gun violence in America from a recent study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) in November, might cause you to avert your...