Mental Health

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How to unleash creativity by embracing change

A walk on the beach or by a lake may boost your mental health, new study finds

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Quarantine bubbles – when done right – limit COVID-19 risk and help fight loneliness

Quarantine bubble COVID-19

Three techniques to help men improve their mental health

Men Mental Health tips

Children's Health

Bullying a common precursor before LGBTQ youth suicides, Yale study finds

LGBTQ youth bullying

Even teens with mild mental distress have increased suicide risk, study finds

Teens at risk of suicide

Children's Health

Rare neuropsychiatric condition causes children's personalities to shift overnight

PANS in Children

Addressing sex bias in some diseases may improve treatment, doctors hope

Sex bias in disease

How to listen with empathy when you are feeling the strain of social distancing

COVID-19 conflict resolution

Coronavirus anxiety approaching clinical levels in 40% of respondents to Jefferson survey

Anxiety Jefferson Coronavirus

Will the coronavirus pandemic make you a germaphobe? Probably not, but it may bring new habits

coronavirus germaphobe

Social distancing efforts could spur suicides as COVID-19 crisis plays out

Suicide social distancing

Asking Americans to wear cloth masks is a hard sell – there's a psychological reason why

Tips to help children cope during the COVID-19 shutdown

Pediatric experts offer tips for helping your kids cope during COVID-19 shutdown

Stressful times are particularly dangerous for heart attack survivors, study finds

Times of stress can trigger a second heart attack, new study finds

Mental health and addiction services remain open in Philadelphia amid coronavirus restrictions

Mental health resources Philadelphia coronavirus

PTSD symptoms common in first year after a traumatic injury

PTSD symptoms common in first year after trauma

As coronavirus spreads, here are tips to manage your anxiety

Eating disorders are often about managing pain – not weight

Transcendental meditation soothes anxiety by changing connections in the brain

Meditation anxiety stress

Snapchat launches new mental health tool to help users affected by cyberbullying, depression

Snapchat Mental Health depression

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Justin Bieber surprises Stockton student with $100K for her work addressing mental health issues

More teens are coming out as LGBTQ, but suicide attempts remain high

LGBTQ Teens Attempted Suicide

Children's Health

Six Flags Great Adventure to be designated autism-friendly park

Six Flags Autism Friendly

Some women who have C-sections are at higher risk for postpartum depression, researchers say

Postpartum depression after cesarean delivery

Identifying early symptoms of schizophrenia can reduce psychotic episodes

Recognizing early symptoms of schizophrenia

PTSD symptoms may take years to appear – here's how to recognize them

PTSD Symptoms Treatment

Working at home linked to increased loneliness, depression

Working at home linked to depression, loneliness

Phil Martelli, Jameer Nelson seek help for Delonte West after unsettling videos surface

Why teen depression rates are rising faster for girls than boys

Bipolar disorder symptoms can be difficult to distinguish from other mental illnesses

Everything you need to know about bipolar disorder

Growing up with dogs may lower the risk of schizophrenia as an adult, study finds

Link between having a pet dog in childhood and developing schizophrenia

When teens abuse parents, shame and secrecy make it hard to seek help

Teens abusing parents

National suicide prevention hotline getting 3-digit number, 988

988 - suicide hotline number

Here's how to alleviate the stress of the holiday season in a healthy way

Holiday Stress Tips

Most Americans find their jobs stressful – here's how to survive at work

Surviving a stressful job

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