Opinion: Listen: Kara Zivin on seeing her own struggles during pregnancy reflected in Meghan Markle’s
In this week’s episode of STAT’s “First Opinion Podcast,” I talk with Kara Zivin, a…
Category: mental health
‘Motherhood in medicine’: Returning from parental leave was hard. Covid made it worse
Earlier this month, I steeled myself for my return to work after giving birth to…
Opinion: We need to start thinking more critically — and speaking more cautiously — about long Covid
A newspaper columnist reached out to me a while back after noticing a few of…
Opinion: Meghan Markle gave voice to the despair I once felt during pregnancy
As Meghan Markle revealed to Oprah Winfrey in a now-viral interview that she “did not…
Virtual Event: The pandemic’s toll on mental health
Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. …
Opinion: Caregivers are missing from the long Covid conversation
Media reports describe the inarguable, if inconvenient, circumstances that follow us into the second year…
STAT+: Soaring mental health unicorns race to meet employer needs
Companies scrambling to provide employees with expanded mental health care options are propping up a…
Opinion: Youths of color are our future. Investing in their mental health must be taken seriously
Gonzales is a small city in central California populated mostly by Latino immigrant families and…
Opinion: A buddy system can help doctors and nurses weather the Covid-19 maelstrom
Remember outings in elementary school or at camp? You were probably paired with another kid…
Opinion: Startups should focus on innovations that truly improve mental health
An unexpected side effect of the tragedy of the Covid-19 pandemic is unprecedented opportunity for…
Talkspace to go public in $1.4 billion SPAC deal
In a sign of the red-hot market for telemental health care, Talkspace announced Wednesday it…
‘A supreme form of advocacy’: When finding a psychiatric bed seems impossible, one state’s patients have a partner
Hallie-Beth Hollister is a master at cold calling. She has to be. She and a…
For people with OCD — and fearful of germs — the pandemic is upending years of therapy
Long before the pandemic arrived, Renée battled intense fears of getting sick from daily life….
‘Every day is an emergency’: The pandemic is worsening psychiatric bed shortages nationwide
The Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically cut the availability of inpatient psychiatric beds, with facilities across…
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STAT’s most memorable photos of 2020
This year was one that no one could have imagined — 2020 has been marked…
Drive-by burials and FaceTime farewells: Grief in the Covid era will weigh on the American psyche for years to come
The rituals of grief and mourning are as old as time: the swift Jewish burial…
Opinion: The mental health dilemma: If technology is the problem, can it also be the solution?
The must-see Netflix documentary, “The Social Dilemma,” released early this year, draws attention to the…
STAT+: In major bet, Biogen pays $1.5 billion for rights to a once-failed treatment for depression
Biogen, placing a major bet on a once-failed treatment, is paying $1.53 billion for the…
Ask the EN Experts: Should I Buy Organic?; Apple Cider Vinegar
For as long of a year as this has been, it somehow simultaneously feels like…
Opinion: Glaring omission from Biden’s Covid-19 task force: mental health expertise
The unprecedented spike in depression and anxiety that has accompanied the coronavirus pandemic points to…
Q&A: Depression & COVID-19; Exercises Easy on Joints
Q: I’m typically a glass-half-full kind of person, but 2020 and COVID-19 have shaken my…
What Is Dopamine Deficiency?
You may have read or heard about dopamine deficiency and supplements or diets to increase…
What Is Serotonin Deficiency?
Serotonin is an important brain chemical that relays messages in your brain, called a neurotransmitter….
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Opinion: Kids’ heart rates are rising as the pandemic drags on
In mid-March, schools across the country shut down. My 7-year-old son took it well; life…
Opinion: America’s mental health care system fell short for my brother. Access to that care should be a legal right for all
The year 2020 has put an exclamation point on the need for robust mental health…
New research shows many children with mental health conditions don’t get follow-up care
A large new study finds that mental health care for many children in the U.S….
The Negative Effects of Narcissism
Bully, braggart, drama queen, entitled, condescending. These are some terms used to describe those who…
Newsbriefs: Fragmented Sleep & Heart Disease; Persistent Negative Thinking; Back Pain Solutions
Fragmented Sleep: A Risk Factor for Heart Disease Sleep scientists from the University of California,…
MGH Study: Vitamin D Supplements Don’t Reduce Depression Risks
Vitamin D is most strongly associated with healthy bones. It promotes calcium absorption to strengthen…
Virtual Visits Conveniently Expand the Reach of Mental Health Professionals
Modern telecommunication technology allows students to “attend” classes from home, businesses to hold face-to-face meetings,…
STAT Plus: 5 takeaways from venture capital’s growing focus on mental health
Research suggests that only half of the tens of millions of people in the U.S….
Pregnancy poses challenges for people in recovery from substance use disorder. Covid-19 is taxing their support system
GREENFIELD, Mass. — Doula Carrie Diehl lives in a house set between a gentle stream…
How common is burnout among physicians? It depends on how it’s defined
There’s a vast body of research showing that physicians and other health care professionals experience…
Fear, dread, and panic: Some Covid-19 survivors feel stalked by possibility of reinfection
Since Covid-19 flattened him in Southern California in late June, Jarrod Castillo fears that every…
LGBTQ youth say cost, parental permission pose major barriers to mental health care
The Covid-19 pandemic stands to exacerbate the existing mental health crisis among LGBTQ youth, who…
Opinion: Instead of lockdowns, teach people how to socialize safely in the time of coronavirus
In response to the rising Covid-19 death toll and case counts in the U.S., calls…
Long after the fire of a Covid-19 infection, mental and neurological effects can still smolder
Early on, patients with both mild and severe Covid-19 say they can’t breathe. Now, after…
Opinion: When the treatment is torture: ICE must stop using solitary confinement for Covid-19 quarantine
After months of social distancing, many of us are feeling its effects. Experts have delineated…
As mindfulness app Headspace booms, its popularity outpaces its scientific evidence
This has, by all accounts, been a banner year for Headspace. Demand for the mindfulness…
Opinion: Children will pay long-term stress-related costs of Covid-19 unless we follow the science
The world is learning more about the uncommon but puzzling ways Covid-19 can show up…
As mobile mental health teams work to de-escalate crises, some warn their models still rely on police partnerships
In the wake of nationwide demonstrations against police brutality, there has also been a surge…
Opinion: I failed — at age 34 — the now-politicized Montreal Cognitive Assessment
One sunny day in October 2016, I failed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). That’s the…
Opinion: Say her name: Don’t erase Bebe Moore Campbell from National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
The U.S. health care system has long neglected minority mental health. It continues to do…
STAT Plus: Eyeing an IPO, Hims expands further into virtual mental health care
San Francisco startup Hims & Hers took a further step into the mental health realm…
STAT Plus: A new tool aims to help patients sort through 200 mental health apps — and counting
There are nearly 20,000 mental health apps that will do everything from tracking a person’s…
‘It just weighs on your psyche’: Black Americans on mental health, trauma, and resilience
I’m feeling it, my friends and family are feeling it: the weight of this moment…
Opinion: People in mental health crises need help, not handcuffs
A mental health crisis can be a frightening thing to the individual experiencing it as…
Among people facing food insecurity, researchers find a hidden health issue: eating disorders
When Carolyn Black Becker, a psychologist who studies eating disorders, used to explain her research…
STAT Plus: Can a prescription video game actually make money? Akili is about to find out
Akili Interactive Labs proved last week that it could convince the Food and Drug Administration…
Opinion: Covid-19 could cause a mental health crisis. It can also spark post-traumatic growth
Some experts are warning of a looming mental health crisis in the wake of the…