What to Know Before You Start Therapy
I’m Christina Caron, a reporter covering mental health, and I’m filling in for Jancee Dunn this week. When I was in college I decided to make my first ever mental…
People With A.D.H.D. Are Likely to Die Significantly Earlier Than Their Peers, Study Finds
A study of more than 30,000 British adults diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or A.D.H.D., found that, on average, they were dying earlier than their counterparts in the general…
TikTok Changed How We Talk About Health
Some of the posts are raw. Some are insightful, others wildly elaborate. Some are just plain wrong. TikTok, which may soon be banned in the United States, has changed American…
A TikTok Habit Is Hard to Break
When Savannah Kalata, a high school senior, wakes up in the morning, the first thing she does is turn off her alarm. The second thing she does is open TikTok.…
Online Therapy Boom Has Mainly Benefited Privileged Groups, Studies Find
The number of Americans receiving psychotherapy increased by 30 percent during the pandemic, as virtual sessions replaced in-person appointments — but new research dampens the hope that technology will make…