Mental Health

The findings come from the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which created TikTok accounts for fictitious young people living in the U.S., Britain, Canada and Australia.

The study found an association across race/ethnicity and gender, but women may benefit slightly more from the health-protective benefits of having a sense of purpose.

"As guys, we have a tendency to not ask for help. Ego gets in the way, and we start stuffing things deep down in our guts, which is not a good thing," Johnson said.

“I told her ‘I don’t know who you are, but I’m here and I love you, and I’m going to help you,’” Dane Entze said.

The study findings may help future efforts to better understand the origins of eating disorders and how they differ between sexes, researchers said.

Before COVID-19 wreaked havoc on mental health, there was already a surge of youth visits to emergency departments for suicidal thoughts between 2016 and 2019, the study says.

A single dose of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound found in “magic mushrooms,” was found to help some people who previously had gotten little relief from standard antidepressants.

The new research, led by a scientist at Stanford, may tell us “something fundamentally important” about how human emotions work.

In addition to helping people, scientists say they are also advocating for the protection of the environment and wildlife.

The research found that the pandemic made U.S. adults under 30 "moodier and more prone to stress, less cooperative and trusting, and less restrained and responsible."

Overall, the respondents of the American Heart Association survey reported eating alone about half of the time due to difficulties aligning schedules.

Researchers concluded that the brain stimulation felt by regularly petting a dog could translate to improved cognitive function down the road.

Doctors say untreated mental illness is more dangerous for a developing fetus than the medications used to treat it.

It’s estimated that about 20% of the workforce is made up of shift workers, who are more at risk of having depression and anxiety, researchers said.

The 988 hotline, which went live in July, was designed to be an easy number to remember, similar to 911.

About 62% of respondents said talking to their plants helps their own mental health and 65% said they believe it helps the plants grow.

'Unfortunately Luke suffered from the disease of mental illness, which progressed after his father's death in 2015,' the family wrote in a statement.

Detroit Tigers outfielder Austin Meadows revealed on Friday he has been dealing with mental health issues along with physical ailments and will not play again this season.