Mental Health Related Content

Players of video games show enhanced brain activity – potentially giving them useful life tools in perceptual decision-making.

For young adults, especially women, drinking alone can increase the risk of developing an alcohol use disorder later in life.

Long-term, high-fat diets both expand the waistline and shrink the brain, heightening the chances of mental illness for people with obesity.

Mindfulness meditation reduces pain by separating it from the self, where neural circuitry supports mindfulness-induced pain relief

Adolescent depression and behaviour problems are increasing and new research suggests that it is linked to paternal depression.

We embrace Summer 2022 with our special July volume of North America Analysis, crammed with excellent editorial and prolific profile content.

From training to representation, efforts to make organisations and workplaces more LGBTQIA+ inclusive are needed everywhere.

Sexual minorities are more likely to engage in risky coping mechanisms such as having unprotected sex, drinking and smoking.

Pregnant people in North America had a 44% higher miscarriage risk – within eight weeks of pregnancy – in the summer months.

Research shows that dancing to groovy music doesn't just make us feel good, it also increases brain function.

An optimal leisure lifestyle (OLL) consists, in its most agreeable form, of deeply fulfilling participation during free time in one or more substantial, absorbing activities known as serious leisure.

Stress such as trauma, job strain, everyday worries and even discrimination contributes to the aging of the immune system.

Social isolation can cause a higher risk of dementia, as it may develop lower brain volume in areas related to cognition.

The Tension Between Cultural Values and Getting the Help You Need.

We welcome Summer 2022 with our July volume - this digital publication includes health & social care, then research & innovation followed by digital transformation, economic development, home affairs, HR & training, environment, energy, agriculture and much more.

Emergency department attendance and instances requiring hospitalisations are 22% higher among cannabis users compared with those who do not.

Dr Hill discusses his research interests into the psychology of religion and its impact on healthy wellbeing.

OAG examines the state of investment in and provision of adolescents and children’s mental health services in Africa.

When it comes to overturning Roe V. Wade, less than 15% of people support fully restrictive abortion legislation - with traditional gender role attitudes as a predictive factor.

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the lead U.S. federal agency for research on mental illnesses.