A new review suggests breathwork interventions may be a useful but under-researched non-drug alternative for anxiety treatment.

More people may get help for conditions that would have been overlooked in the past, but mental health awareness may also exacerbate mental distress for others.

Warning of “history repeating,” researchers list ten problems with psychedelic research that make conclusions about efficacy and safety uncertain.

Mad Pride and Mad Studies are growing in Latin America, paving the way for new research agendas and cultural, political, and social frameworks.

A new qualitative study identifies how institutional interests in the mental health field dehumanize care for clients.

As air pollution becomes increasingly common, researchers report an association between exposure to air pollutants and depression and anxiety.

A new meta-analysis from Columbia University's Developmental Affective Neuroscience Laboratory finds that early life adversity has complex effects on brain development.

“The fact that we cannot find meaningful (univariate or multivariate) neurobiological differences on the level of the individual for one of the most prevalent mental disorders should give us pause.” –Lead researcher Nils R. Winter

News media, especially portrayals of PTSD, are likely to exacerbate mental health stigma and perpetuate stereotypes.

A Norwegian study finds that areas that do not frequently utilize involuntary commitments on psychiatric patients do not show more patients harms.

A review of studies finds that physical activity shows benefits across all populations for mental health and aids in the management of many chronic illnesses.

New guidance for primary care doctors in the UK on antidepressant discontinuation acknowledges severe and long-lasting withdrawal symptoms.

Psychological distress motivates racialized youth to engage in social action, developing critical consciousness and self-esteem.

New data from Sapien Labs finds a generational decline in social and familial relationships linked to the youth mental health crisis.

Research with young women in Sri Lanka reveals how Western mental health models miss the cultural and contextual factors at play.

Participants taking antidepressants saw a deterioration in physical health, while those taking part in running therapy saw improvements.

Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD) may be a common adverse effect of antidepressants. Researchers are now attempting to understand the neurobiology behind it.

Research on deaths of despair has excluded data on death rates of Native American and other minoritized communities contributing to underfunding and failures to address social inequity.

A case study of EMDR in Cambodia reveals a few of the pitfalls of international mental health humanitarian aid in low and middle-income countries.

New research explores how lived experience shapes clinicians’ perceptions and approaches to understanding mental health.

Neighborhood based mental health interventions, job skills training, and psychosocial supports are necessary primary health measures.

Data brokers are selling massive lists of your psychiatric diagnoses, prescriptions, hospitalizations, and even lab results, all linked to identifiable contact information.

The racist foundations of psychology and psychiatry contribute to the mass incarceration of Black people in the United States.

A new study finds that people who undergo electroconvulsive therapy or ECT still have a highly elevated suicide risk.

A new study finds that for sexual trauma survivors in the military, self-stigma and anticipated enacted stigma for seeking help are associated with suicidal ideation.

Study finds that the pharmaceutical industry makes large payments to the authors of most psychopharmacology textbooks, raising concerns of bias.

New data from Sapien Labs finds that young people today report more abuse and bullying than past generations.

Qualitative research from Australia highlights how mental health peer workers aid service users' recovery and provide connection.

Researchers describe a CRPD-compliant participatory research project with people with neurodegenerative disorders where the ‘legal capacity’ to give informed consent was questioned.

People with disabilities are not considered in governmental climate action strategies. Can scientists fill the gaps left by legislation?

People with their own mental health challenges who became peer support workers showed increased recovery, especially if they engaged in frequent introspection.

“A productive way forward may be to fundamentally rethink what a mind is and how a brain works,” the researchers write.

A new meta-analysis of previous research finds short-term psychodynamic therapy to be an effective treatment for depressive symptoms. Adding antidepressants provided no added benefit.

Spanish scholars use Foucault and Agamben to explore the history of debates over the CRPD and the human rights of people with psychosocial disabilities.

The AJPM recommends against regular screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences until more effective interventions are identified.

“It is possible that participants taking escitalopram experience greater sexual dysfunction due to experiencing less pleasure,” the researchers write.

A new study promotes the use of a standardized approach to antidepressant tapering.

Diagnostic advertisements on social media shape our understanding of ourselves and disability through digital surveillance.

A new study finds that engaging in acts of kindness can improve our well-being by encouraging us to focus less on ourselves.

Clinical recovery from first episode psychosis may need to be redefined as many "healthy" subjects do not meet functional criteria.

Combining drugs and therapy also did not lead to better depression outcomes than therapy alone.

New data from the COVID-19 lockdown suggests that we may be underestimating the power of music to affect mood and improve well-being.

The social model of disability successfully turned the focus from biomedicine toward society. Is disability justice the next step?

Nikolas and Diana Rose review possible alternatives to mainstream psychiatry that recognize the expertise of lived experience.

Researchers suggest that differences in socioeconomic status may leave a "neural imprint" that persists throughout the life course.

Lecanemab was approved without an advisory committee vote, just days after a congressional investigation found the FDA acted unethically to approve aducanumab.

UK policies fail to identify the social drivers of suicide and instead prioritize surveillance data and social control.

After a slight reduction in 2020, symptoms of "common mental disorders," such as depression and anxiety, have been rising for decades.

LGBTQ+ people face economic and cultural barriers to accessing affirmative mental healthcare.

Leading ADHD researchers outline four mistakes that turned ADHD from a description of behavior into a medical disease.