Mental Health

In a study published last week in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, researchers found that exercise helped protect the brain from dementia.

People in crisis and those trying to help them will have a new three-digit phone number, 988, to reach the national suicide prevention network starting in July.

Among Americans in Gen Z, 46% said the pandemic has made it harder to pursue their education or career goals.

It is a troubling trend at a university in the South Bay. In one academic quarter, three students have died, two of them by suicide.

It could have had a tragic ending. Instead, a Georgia sheriff talked a distraught man out of taking his own life by cop.

The former NBA player and mental health advocate offered advice to Olympic gymnast Simone Biles amid her ongoing mental health struggles.

“I encourage every student to use this time to rest and to check in with each other during that day,” Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said in a statement Sunday.

A new report found 1 in 3 women said they have considered downshifting their careers or leaving the workforce this year, compared to one in four who said the same a few months into the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new survey finds this technological advancement could also be impacting a person’s self-esteem.

The 9/11 Ride of Hope will take 20 active, retired and surviving family members of first responders on a bike ride from New York City to Arlington, Va.

World Suicide Prevention Day aims to bring awareness about prevention worldwide. Here’s who to help someone who may be struggling.

A new study suggests people can decrease negative emotions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic if they can adapt to a new perspective.

Beginning next year, students in Illinois schools will be able to take up to five excused mental or behavioral health days.

Bojangles is closing all company-owned stores for two days to give its 8,000 employees a “well-deserved break” — though they won’t be paid.