Did the Pandemic Change Your Personality?
Whether it was attending school lectures, making memorable first impressions at that first office job …
Tag: Anxiety and Stress
She Suffered From Headaches and Fatigue
“What just happened?” The 16-year-old girl’s voice was flat and tired. “I think you had …
Its Life or Death: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens
How the reporter Matt Richtel spoke to adolescents and parents for this series. In mid-April, I …
A Rural Doctor Gave Her All. Then Her Heart Broke.
But as the political climate around Covid-19 grew heated, and as some of Dr. Becher’s …
This Teen Was Prescribed 10 Psychiatric Drugs
Polypharmacy became even more common after 2013, when the clinical definition of A.D.H.D. was updated …
Outcry Over High School Clinic Exposes Deep Divisions on Mental Health
American teenagers are reporting severe levels of anxiety and depression. But when Connecticut moved to expand mental health services in schools, it ran into fierce opposition in one town.
In Elderly Americans, Rising Debt May Adversely Affect Health
Research shows that debt has risen among older people, and those who owe are more likely to have multiple diagnosed illnesses.
Teens in Distress Are Swamping Pediatricians
Around the country, the setting for adolescent mental health care looks ever more like this doctors office in Kentucky, the next patient arriving every 15 minutes.
Can Covid Lead to Impotence?
Some studies find higher rates of erectile dysfunction among men recovering from the illness. But other factors related to the pandemic, like heightened anxiety, may also be to blame.
How Working Parents Can Spot Signs of Burnout
Two-thirds of working parents surveyed met the criteria for parental burnout. Heres how to spot the signs and get help.
Can Virtual Reality Help Ease Chronic Pain?
V.R. treatments may provide relief similar to intravenous opioids a tantalizing prospect for the millions of Americans living with chronic pain.
The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens
Depression, self-harm and suicide are rising among American adolescents. For M, a 13-year-old in Minnesota, the despair was almost too much to take.