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Researchers examine links between police victimization and psychotic symptoms in a topical new study.

Loneliness has been linked to negative health outcomes, but there are no interventions clearly proven to ‘fix’ the problem.

Researchers recommend a ‘politically-informed focus', including activism, when assessing children and designing interventions in areas of chronic political violence.

Derek Summerfield, consultant psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley National Health Service Foundation Trust, challenges the assumption that Western depression is a universal condition.

Researchers find few existing "psychopathology scales" are appropriate for global utilization.

Are White Americans’ poor mental health outcomes caused by Whiteness?

The authors of the report expand upon the traumatic and sociopolitical factors underlying presentations of psychosis and “schizophrenia.”

Psychologists and people with experience of psychotic symptoms publish a report on new ways of understanding psychosis.

Officials at a school that was more focused on ADHD diagnoses described children’s behavior in terms of individual illnesses, taking children out of the context of their social interactions, race, gender, and socioeconomic status.

New research on a brief self-compassion focused course aimed at the college students.

Increasing the minimum wage - even modestly - can lead to less cases of child abuse in the home.

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) programs have gained popularity in U.S. schools in recent years. A new study examines the nature and longevity of their impact on students.

People who are more likely to believe that others’ views will change to match their own over time are less likely to engage in actions to facilitate that change

Results reflect moderate to strong evidence in support of the non-pharmacological school-based interventions reviewed in the study.

Researchers present loneliness as a health threat facing a growing number of Americans.

Cross-cultural data suggest that happiness involves feeling the emotions one deems as right, in accordance with personal and cultural values.

Recalling past exposure to violence worsens short-term memory and cognitive control.

New research questions whether the diagnosis of ADHD even meets the criteria for a disorder, as set out in the manuals used by the medical and psychiatric fields.

14-year study of a rural sample in China shows those who were married had higher rates of remission from schizophrenia.

Systematic review suggests social prescribing benefits individuals with mental and physical health issues, but more program evaluations are needed.

Attempts to bridge the gap between research and practice result in a family therapy approach which employs clients as co-researchers.

Researchers suggest that treatment is more effective and healthcare costs are reduced when contextual care is implemented that addresses social and economic needs.

Researchers find that support and self-care were helpful for users during discontinuation, but that mental health professionals were not very helpful.

Hearing Voices Network self-help groups are an important resource for coping with voice hearing, study finds.

Individuals with lived experience and clinicians share about barriers and facilitators to guided self-help CBT for voice hearing.