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The conventional Western classification systems of health conditions are based on flawed science shaped by reductionist, hierarchical, and profit-driven ideologies. THEN wants to create a new paradigm built upon principles drawn from systems science, the life course perspective, developmental neurobiology, and other evidence-informed studies.

Structural competency is put forth as a framework that addresses social and structural determinants in global mental health.

Psychology can only deal with racial health disparities effectively by incorporating critical race theory and intervening at a structural level.

An anthropological look at the Global Mental Health (GMH) movement suggests several ethical problems and contradictions in its mission.

The Defense Cascade is a survival framework that evolutionary researchers are exploring as an explanation for extreme states that many people experience. It can help explain why chronic stress can make us feel like ending our life is the only reasonable way out.

A new article reviews studies in the field of nutritional psychiatry and how nutrition can prevent and treat mental health issues.

Researchers argue that blaming climate change inaction on psychological barriers ignores the effects of neoliberal capitalism and social structures.

A new study finds poorer depression and anxiety outcomes in psychotherapy for people in economically deprived neighborhoods and those on antidepressants.

Prominent researchers in psychiatry urge the field to move away from a rigid biological focus toward social and psychological perspectives to meet the needs of today’s world.

Researchers call for action to address social challenges and inequalities that obstruct mental health and well-being globally.

Loneliness was found to both predict and be reinforced by severe common mental disorders.

Can a renewed biopsychosocial approach, grounded in an updated philosophy, foster person-centered medicine, and psychiatry?

A case analysis of an American Indian woman illustrates how the DSM diagnostic criteria misrepresent the lives of indigenous people.

Major study finds that economic deprivation and a lack of social capital are driving increasing rates of suicide in the U.S.

Teacher’s personal wellbeing plays a role in students’ mental health outcomes, suggests a new study.

The team that developed the Power Threat Meaning framework as a diagnostic alternative reflects on the response to the framework after one year.

Researchers detect disparity between white and African American patients diagnosed with schizophrenia when symptoms of a mood disorder are present.

What physical activity-based programs are being implemented in schools, how are they being researched, and what kind of impact have they made?

Dr. Vance Trudeau discusses his study's finding that antidepressants may have far-reaching, adverse effects that last up to three generations.

Debate ensues as scholars and policymakers discuss how to bring a rights-based approach to mental health policy.

A new study suggests proximity to green space as a child is linked to lower rates of mental health issues in adulthood.

Depression, serious psychological distress, and suicide attempts have risen substantially since the early 2000s among young adults – what’s changed?

The latest issue of the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences features several prominent researchers arguing that mental health concerns are not “brain disorders.”

Contemporary empirical research explores new ways to conceptualize and heal racial trauma through anticolonial and sociohistorical lenses.

The first ever population-level study of the brain-gut connection in humans finds evidence for a link between gut bacteria and mental health.