Though they’re not everyone’s cup of tea, video games can be some of the most fun you can have on a lazy day. The inherent bliss that comes with playing a video game just might help doctors tell ...

Police are investigating a shooting in southeast Baltimore that left a 61-year-old man hospitalized on Thursday, officials said.Officers responded to investigat No injuries reported after firefighters ...

Psychologists have found that two common questionnaires for assessing depression don’t work for comparing people of differing intelligence—and the problem may extend to other conditions and traits.

MAHARASHTRA, INDIA — In clinics and labs around the world, scientists are uncovering a consequence of air pollution that received little attention for decades: Polluted air not only damages the lungs ...

DEAR ABBY: After my mother’s death 10 years ago, my father moved in with me. He’s 74 and in reasonably good health but has always struggled with depression and social anxiety. He refuses to take ...

One summer several years ago, Harry Creffield got a dream job acting in a play in Cornwall, a vacation destination on England’s southern coast. The actor and comedian was given free accommodations and ...

While many brain-computer interface companies are focused on helping paralyzed people communicate, Motif Neurotech is targeting mental health disorders. The company’s device is implanted in the skull ...

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The Trump administration is going all in on ibogaine. On Wednesday Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., touted the psychedelic as “the most promising treatment for depression ...

Podcaster, bestselling author and New York University professor Scott Galloway says a type of parenting is contributing to rising rates of depression among teenagers. Galloway, who wrote the 2025 book ...

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Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...