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After a fatal Memorial Day shooting at a grocery store in Pleasant Hill near Kansas City, how many more tragedies must occur?

Traumatic memories can bias our attention and shape our current behavior. While we try to avoid triggers, we may also be ...

A major global study warns mental disorders are now the world’s leading cause of disability, with anxiety and depression ...

We have to engage with skeptics if we want people to accept that mental health conditions require medical treatment.

Mental health disorders are now the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to a major new study. Researchers found nearly 1.2 billion people were living with a mental health disorder in 2023 ...

President Donald Trump aims to fast-track research into psychedelic therapy for conditions like post traumatic stress disorder and depression in a break from his first administration policy. Advocates ...

A new study published in The Lancet found that India witnessed some of the sharpest increases in mental disorders over the ...

The number of referrals to children and young people’s mental health services hit a record high in March, figures have shown.

With more than one in seven people globally living with a mental disorder, mental illness has officially become the world’s leading cause of disability, surpassing cardiovascular disease, cancer, and ...

Threshold says its mission is to provide employment, community and life‑skills training that support long‑term independence.

Psilocybin, MDMA and ibogaine are closer than ever to FDA approval after the Trump administration issued an executive order fast-tracking psychedelic drug review. Published data from Compass Pathways ...