Is social media addicting? Does it lead to poor adolescent mental health? Meta, TikTok, Snap, Youtube face a series of ...

Youth with related behavior challenges may have trouble moving between different brain states, according to a new study from ...

In a rare, longitudinal study, researchers from Aalto University and the University of Oulu tracked one person's brain and behavioral activity for five months using brain scans and data from wearable ...

In 2025, the journal of Health Communication published a study that was described as a theory-driven content analysis of YouTube videos that focused on promoting mental health among college students.

In an unprecedented new study in the journal Cell Reports, researchers have shown neurotransmitters in the human brain are active during the processing of the emotional content of language, providing ...

Let's talk about talking and the science of psychology. To be clear about what I mean, consider related concepts like verbal behavior, conversations, cognitive therapy and self-talk, narrative therapy ...

An analysis of high school students from 1999 to 2021 showed teens with low-risk behaviors grew from about 40% in 1999 to nearly 60% by 2021. Mental health problems, such as sadness and suicidality, ...

Past medical research consistently showed that specific events unfolding during pregnancy can influence the health of their ...

As a children’s emergency room doctor in San Francisco, Ashley Foster has found herself treating an increasing number of adolescents for substance abuse, anxiety, depression and other behavioral ...

When it comes to screen time and kids, less is more. That’s according to a recent Denmark study led by Dr. Jesper Schmidt-Persson from the University of Southern Denmark. It looked at the effects of ...