Tag: mental health
1 in 5 college students have anxiety or depression. Here’s why
David Rosenberg, Wayne State University
Many of us think of college as a wondrous time of new experiences and great freedom to explore new ideas...
When a mom feels depressed, her baby’s cells might feel it...
Benjamin W. Nelson, University of Oregon; Heidemarie Laurent, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Nick Allen, University of Oregon
An estimated 1 in 9 women...
Does Apple have an obligation to make the iPhone safer for...
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
The average teen spends at least six hours a day looking at a screen, with most of it from...
Does Apple have an obligation to make the iPhone safer for...
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
The average teen spends at least six hours a day looking at a screen, with most of it from...
A grim year for the smartphone: 5 essential reads
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
The year 2017 marked the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. Five years ago, for the first time, over 50 percent of...
The holiday-suicide myth and the intractability of popular falsehoods
Dan Romer, University of Pennsylvania
For years, the media have reported that more suicides occur during the holidays than at any other time.
Many of...
The psychological benefits – and trappings – of nostalgia
Krystine Batcho, Le Moyne College
In his song “Time Was,” counterculture singer Phil Ochs reminisces about a past “when a man could build a home,...
Price, author of long proposal to replace Obamacare, short on specifics...
Miranda Yaver, Yale University
It is hardly unusual for Cabinet nominees to leave more questions than answers after their confirmation hearings. Yet for the millions...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
