For disabled people, attempting to take political office can be a huge gamble.

Being offended by something that someone did or said can be upsetting — but it doesn't have to eat away at us. Mental health experts share how to slow down and gain clarity when things get personal.

City officials have never explained why Officer Adrian Schoolcraft was forcibly hospitalized by his bosses.

Now experts are calling for walkable communities, improved housing, and access to health care and better food, particularly in minority communities.

Research shows that targeted, time-limited programs offer significant benefits for people struggling with anxiety and other problems.

Nature - We want to acknowledge — and learn from — our history.

Many in power would prefer to kick questions like “What caused the mental health crisis?” and “Who benefits?” out of sight. Don’t let them.

People told BuzzFeed News how their loved ones have embraced deeply hateful and misogynistic world views since listening to “alpha male” influencers.

TikTok said that days after the FDA weighed in, searches on the topic had increased by more than 1,400 times.

It may take years to understand the full impact of the pandemic and its aftermath on Black people in the US.

Colleges tout their commitment to diversity, but their recruitment practices tell a different story.

“I'm talking about the fear you'd feel when facing death or serious injury. That's the fear that was removed.”

“The processes involved in standardized testing failed me.”

Has the term become so expansive as to be meaningless?

The advisory group said the new guidance can help identify these conditions early so people can be connected to care.

A specific kind of trauma results when a person’s core principles are violated during wartime or a pandemic

To help someone in psychosis, one psychologist says, it’s best to first just be there and listen.

Physicians suffer one of the highest burnout rates among professionals. Dr. Kimberly Becher, one of two family practitioners in Clay County, West Virginia, learned the hard way.

Researchers found that meaty conversations among several people can align beliefs and brain patterns — so long as the group is free of blowhards.

Asserting an essential freedom

The world we live in ties our self-worth with our output, which means that the only way for many people to deal with their high-functioning anxiety is by working even more.

The civil rights organization cites detainees chained to chairs for days in filthy conditions with no access to toilets, among other abuses.

“Matthew effect” is powerful, unusually large study finds

“Getting hit with a baseball bat once is better than getting hit five times,” one expert said.

A new study found uninsured survivors of sexual violence were charged an average of $3,673 for visiting the emergency room.

Inside Igor Koralnik’s efforts to solve the mystery of COVID’s most puzzling complication.

Brain fog isn’t like a hangover, depression, or ADHD. It’s a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard.

When a child is scared of the dark or being left alone, it can be hard for adults to know the difference between an age-appropriate fear and full-blown anxiety. This episode is full of tools to help parents better understand and manage their child's "worry brain."

Society’s understanding of mental health issues locates the problem inside the person - and ignores the politics of their distress, says psychologist Sanah Ahsan

Born without my left temporal lobe, a brain region thought to be critical for language, I’ve been a research subject for much of my life.