Featured series 
Tag: Mental Health
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Health
Rapid relief for the severely depressed? There’s a catch.
Ketamine carries risks, say researchers. Yet for some patients, it’s ‘the only thing that works.’
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Nation & World
Are optimists the realists?
Humanity is doing better than ever yet it often doesn’t seem that way. In podcast, experts make the case for fact-based hope.
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Nation & World
Your side might lose. But you don’t have to lose your mind.
Political engagement is healthy. Doomscrolling? Not so much.
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Health
How to fight depression? Faster.
Hope flags when medications fail, isolating and endangering patients. Backed by a major grant, 2 Harvard scientists are focused on reducing the distance between diagnosis and recovery.
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Nation & World
Taking the phones out of school
In podcast episode, experts discuss growing movement to restrict devices in class
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Health
Suicide among female doctors gets a closer look
Epidemiologist discusses research, shrinking gap between rates of male, female physicians, what can be done
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Campus & Community
How to make social media, online life less of ‘dumpster fire’
A panel led by Berkman Klein Faculty Director Jonathan Zittrain discusses the mess of social networks and how to fix it.
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Health
High doses of Adderall may increase psychosis risk
Among those who take prescription amphetamines, 81% of cases of psychosis or mania could have been eliminated if they were not on the high dose, findings suggest
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Health
Soda is bad for you yet your body wants it. Why?
Psychiatrist explains why we crave junk food — and how to cultivate healthier eating habits
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Nation & World
The urgent message coming from boys
When we don’t listen, we all suffer, says psychologist whose new book is ‘Rebels with a Cause’
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Health
Loving your pup may be a many splendored thing
New research suggests having connection to your dog may lower depression, anxiety
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Health
Do high-stress jobs put pregnancy at risk?
Study compared outcomes for expecting doctors, lawyers. One group fared worse.
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Health
What do we do with our loneliness?
‘Harvard Thinking’ looks at health crisis with experts Jeremy Nobel and Milena Batanova
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Health
Harvard researchers see genetic link between anorexia, early rising
Eating disorder may also play a role in insomnia
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Campus & Community
Getting some exercise, with a little help from friends — and app
CrimsonZip aims to get the community off the couch by helping people find others looking for a workout — or just a walk.
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Health
Mental health ills are rising. Do mood-tracking apps help?
Public health data specialist says they can raise patient awareness, but there are pitfalls.
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Health
Strong, silent, and suffering inside
Mental health experts, Indianapolis Colts owner discuss efforts to end the stigma around asking for help.
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Science & Tech
Poverty hurts children’s brain development but social safety net may help
Study finds aid programs cut disparities in brain structure and mental health, especially in states where the cost of living is high.
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Health
Expanding our understanding of gut feelings
Women who suppressed emotions had less diverse microbiomes in a study that also found a specific bacterial link to happiness.
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Health
Supreme Court may halt health care guarantees for inmates
Harvard experts on law and policy say originalist view used to overturn Roe could upend the 1976 Supreme Court ruling that requires a minimal standard for inmate health care.
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Health
More mindfulness may be part of the answer for anxiety-ridden U.S.
Researcher hopes findings signal new treatment option amid surge in mental health cases.
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Health
Abortion law, suicide rate study adds to raging debate. But are we missing point?
A Harvard epidemiologist says that research tends to be weaponized on both sides, overshadowing the mental health needs of those with unwanted pregnancies.
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Campus & Community
How they’re feeling
Mental health is a crisis-level issue for young people today, research says. We asked Harvard students to look inside and tell us why.
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Campus & Community
Sniffing for smiles
Meet Sasha, newest member of Harvard police force. Her duty? To spread joy.
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Health
Building ‘bravery muscles’ to fight rising anxiety among kids
Harvard psychologist says pandemic worsened trend and screening, early intervention key to avoiding bigger problems.
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Campus & Community
‘Access, awareness, prevention, and support’
Student mental health initiative co-chairs Giang Nguyen and Robin Glover discuss the state of their work.
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Campus & Community
Expanding student access to mental health care through telehealth
Giang Nguyen and Barbara Lewis discuss a telehealth mental health offering now available to students.
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Campus & Community
Starting a conversation on college suicide
More than 1,000 backpacks dotted Harvard Yard, representing the lives of college students lost to suicide every year.
