Featured series 
Tag: Mental Health
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Science & Tech
Chatbot attachment issues
When AI companions get a personality update, some users respond with grief, study finds
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Health
More evidence that mass shootings are suicidal acts
New research finds national peaks for suicides, gun rampages take place within days of each other in summer
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Science & Tech
Will Meta settlement reduce physical, mental health risks for young users?
Experts say many of its terms may help limit use, negative social comparisons, but regulation may still be necessary
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Health
Note to stressed parents: Instead of trying to be perfect, do this.
Experts offer tips for raising children while overwhelmed
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Health
AI use surging for mental health help among young people
Survey researcher says popularity may help fill gap between rising national problem, shortage of clinicians — provided counsel is sound
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Work & Economy
Gen Z puts high priority on jobs with meaning, purpose, but sees daunting hurdles
School of Ed report says they have concerns over low pay for caring professions, emotionally draining nature of work
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Health
The best medicine may be free
Forest therapy guide explains what a daily dose of nature does for the body
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Science & Tech
Bowling alone, yes. But watching sports is another thing.
Kennedy School team says shared fandom has promise as undervalued social ‘medicine’ for division, isolation
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Health
Sunlight is not your enemy
Health benefits outweigh the risks for most of us, according to new book
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Health
A promising first for researchers probing mental illness
Anxiety finding a highlight as brain stimulation trial raises new hopes for precision care
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Health
How loneliness became major public health issue
U.K., U.S. experts trace rise in awareness through research, political involvement, pandemic
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Nation & World
Would social media ban for children work here? Australia offers lessons.
New paper by Cass Sunstein, colleagues finds poor early adherence but also suggests trying to shift social norms, offering incentives could help
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Health
‘Harvard Thinking’: Breaking the regret cycle
In podcast, experts offer a better way to cope with mistakes and missed opportunities
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Campus & Community
In the tiniest, most vulnerable patients, she saw herself
Caring for premature babies sparked Alison Farrar’s passion for psychiatry. Helping callers to a crisis hotline during COVID sealed it.
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Health
Simpler is better when it comes to saving lives
Teen, young adult suicides fall from long upward trend after national crisis hotline shifts to three digits
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Science & Tech
‘If you’re boring, it’s good to know that you’re being boring.’
The perils of seeking empathy from a chatbot
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Science & Tech
Why we love dogs — and they love us back
In podcast, experts break down evolution and biology of this special relationship
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Health
What to make of ‘AI psychosis’?
‘Until we know what the term really means, we can’t even begin to understand what’s happening.’
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Health
How super-agers keep their brains young
In podcast, experts break down ‘biological contradiction’ of a 65-year-old with the memory of a 25-year-old — and what that means for the rest of us
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Health
How forgiving can improve well-being
New study of residents of 22 nations finds psychological, pro-social, character changes
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Nation & World
Social media firms lost two bellwether cases, but future remains unclear
Legal scholar on next move for tech giants, chances of ‘master settlement,’ more
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Science & Tech
Aramont Fellowships give scientists freedom to concentrate on high-risk, high-reward research
Renewed gift significantly expands the impact of early-career support
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Health
Why mattering matters
Author of best-seller talks about power of feeling valued, asking for help — and how AI threatens core human need
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Health
New study links more immigrants with lower elderly mortality
Researchers say among newcomers are medical, long-term care workers who are arriving amid critical U.S. shortage
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Health
Want to feel more loved? Forget changing yourself. Change conversation.
Two psychologists offer science-backed framework on how to improve relationships
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Health
‘Harvard Thinking’: The things we carry
In podcast, experts discuss how trauma can reshape us — down to the cellular level
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Nation & World
Aging independently, by design
Most older adults say they want to spend their golden years in their own homes. The reality is more complicated, says urban planning expert.
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Nation & World
‘Harvard Thinking’: Is marriage worth saving?
In podcast, experts dig into why wedlock’s appeal is fading — for one group especially — and how to make it work better
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Health
Yoga can help cut severe, initial opioid-withdrawal period in half, study finds
Researchers say results could dramatically increase chances of recovery
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Health
Parental firearm injury linked to surge in children’s psychiatric diagnoses
Trauma/post-traumatic stress disorder accounts for most of the increase, according to study
