In many parts of the world, suicides increase during the sunniest months.

Pregnant and postpartum women experiencing weight-related stigma are at risk for depressive symptoms, unhealthy eating behaviors, and stress.

In the 10 years after undergoing surgery, the likelihood a transgender person continued to need mental health care dropped by 8% annually.

Phobias develop either due to genetics, unpleasant past experiences, or because a part of the brain malfunctions.

Repeated exposure to sexism causes stress, ultimately leading to deterioration of one's mental state, researchers say.

Challenges reported by caregivers include burnout, exhaustion, high social stigma, and overall low quality of life.

What if mental ill-health was our natural response to anxieties about the meaninglessness of life and the inevitability of death?

The finding shouldn't discourage doctors from making contraceptive pills available to teens, researchers say.

Therapy that does not address root causes of social oppression is a band-aid solution.

People with positive outlooks live up to 15% longer than the average.

The term 'emotional labor' refers to emotion management at the workplace, not in interpersonal relationships.

Psychopathic is a clinical description of a personality; sociopathic isn't.

While BPD remains incurable, living without symptoms is a realistic goal, post-diagnosis.

Social compensation efforts may help people with autism have a richer social life, but they also take a toll on mental health.

"What do I even know about having my own start-up? I don't know what I'm doing."

In a potentially self-perpetuating cycle, fewer spontaneous smiles might also reinforce social isolation.

Understanding the difference between temporary emotions and persistent states is critical to normalizing mental health care.

Notre Dame’s spire falling garnered more uproar than hundreds dying in Sudan.