You Can Now Dial 988 For Mental Health Help. Here’s What To Know.
For anyone struggling with their mental health, help will now just be a three-digit dial away. On July 16, a new, shorter number for the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline officially goes into effect nationwide: 988. The hotline will connect people to a network of crisis counselors, making it easier for Americans to get mental […]
How Technology Is Changing The Way We Deal With Mental Health
Mental health help is now at your fingertips. Text therapy is becoming a popular way to communicate with a therapist, and that comes with both benefits and disadvantages. Meanwhile, some celebrities are reducing mental health stigmas by using social media to open up publicly about their experiences.
Methadone ODs Didn’t Rise in Pandemic, Supporting Use as At-Home Treatment
Latest Mental Health News THURSDAY, July 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) Giving more patients at-home access to the opioid addiction treatment drug methadone during the COVID pandemic did not lead to more overdose deaths, a nationwide study shows. The research, which covered the period from January 2019 to August 2021, found that the push to let […]
Friends Want to Hear From You More Than You Think
Latest Mental Health News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) If you’ve ever hesitated to text or email friends you haven’t seen in a while, a new study has a reassuring message: They’ll probably appreciate it more than you think. In a series of experiments involving nearly 6,000 adults, researchers […]
Can Anxiety Disorders Pass From Parent to Child?
Latest Mental Health News By Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) From the ongoing pandemic and the monkeypox outbreak to the charged political landscape, New York City mom and entrepreneur Lyss Stern has been increasingly anxious. Stern worries that she will pass all of this fretting down to her 8-year-old daughter, […]
Drinking Alone in Youth a Big Sign for Future Problems
Latest Mental Health News TUESDAY, July 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) Drinking by yourself may have lifelong consequences, especially if the habit begins early in life, a new study suggests. Researchers found that drinking alone during adolescence and young adulthood greatly increases risk for alcohol use disorder later on and the risk for women is especially […]
Inflation Has Americans’ Anxiety Levels Surging: Poll
Latest Mental Health News FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) Nearly all Americans are worried about inflation as economic worries oust COVID-19 as the nation’s top source of stress, a new poll reveals. Nearly nine out of 10 Americans (87%) said they are anxious or very anxious about inflation, up 8 percentage points from the […]
Are Workplace Robots Bringing Mental Harm to U.S. Workers?
Latest Mental Health News By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) It takes much less than a “Matrix” plot to make American workers afraid for their jobs: New research reveals they stress out when they have to work alongside robots. Even though many robots took on the most dangerous aspects […]
AHA News: Substance Use Appears Higher in Recent Decades Among Young Adults Who Had Strokes
Latest Mental Health News THURSDAY, July 7, 2022 (American Heart Association News) Documented cocaine and marijuana use among young adults who had strokes rose substantially in recent decades, especially among white men and women, new research suggests. Overall, however, documented substance use among stroke patients was highest among young Black men. The authors of the […]
Teens Have Triple the Odds of Misusing Marijuana Compared to Adults
Latest Mental Health News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) In yet another report that illustrates the dangers pot poses to the young, developing brain, a new British study finds teenagers are much more likely than adults to develop an addiction to marijuana. “We found that teenagers are three and […]