Study warns of ‘significant risks’ in using AI therapy chatbots

Therapy chatbots powered by large language models may stigmatize users with mental health conditions and otherwise respond inappropriately or even dangerously, according to researchers at Stanford ... Read More

Study shows doing a PhD is really bad for your mental health - MSN

What’s more concerning is that the mental health issues didn’t just appear for a few years and then disappear. The study found that while the use of psychiatric medication decreased after ... Read More

Smartphone sensors reveal mental health patterns through daily behavior tracking

Smartphones can help people stay healthy by monitoring their sleep, steps and heart rate, but they also can help reveal issues tied to mental health, new research shows. Read More

GenZ In America Blames Social Media For Bad Mental Health: Study - MSN

A recent study reveals that 62 per cent of GenZ wish they could reset their social media feeds. The survey of 2,000 Gen Z Americans shows a significant negative impact on mental health, with ... Read More

The latest CDC look at the youth mental health crisis still shows a ...

The latest Youth Risk Behavior Survey says 40% of high school students report feeling persistently sad and hopeless. Still, that's down from 42% two years ago, a small but significant change. Read More

Blocking the Internet on People's Phones for Two Weeks Led ... - Futurism

In numbers, nearly all the participants — 91 percent — improved on at least one of the three outcomes, while around three-quarters reported better mental health by the end. Read More

Mental health in England really is getting worse – our survey found one in five adults are struggling

Regional disparities emerged as well – with people living in more deprived regions of England experiencing worse mental health. Around 25% of adults in the East Midlands and the north-east had a ... Read More

Moms in the U.S. report large decline in mental health in ... - CBS News

Behind the sharp decline in mothers' mental health 02:40. Only about a fourth of moms in the United States say they have "excellent" physical and mental health, according to a new study.. The ... Read More

Study finds improvements in mental health of college students

In the latest edition of the Healthy Minds Study, which surveyed the mental health of more than 100,000 college students at 196 institutions during the 2023-24 academic year, researchers found that ... Read More

Using the internet may help older people's mental health ... - Sky News

Using the internet may help older people's mental health, says new study. Around a quarter of people aged 50 and over in the UK said they were "often or always lonely", according to a government ... Read More

Study reveals strong link between digital exclusion and mental health ...

Conducted by an international team of researchers, this study analyzed data from five major aging cohort studies covering 24 countries, revealing a strong link between digital exclusion and mental ... Read More