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A recent study invited people to engage in both extroverted and introverted behavior, each for one week. Results showed an increase in well-being when participants were assigned to act extroverted and a decrease in well-being when assigned to act introverted. [More]

Voters in two New Jersey school districts have agreed to raise their own taxes to fund mental health programs for students. The two ballot measures put a total of nearly $1 million toward expanding mental health and emotional support services, aimed at helping students, teachers, families, and administrators. [More]

Anxiety has been known to occur in up to 27 per cent of pregnant women. Prenatal anxiety can have a negative effect on the emotional, mental, and physical health of mothers and babies. Prenatal anxiety can also increase a mother’s chances of developing postpartum depression and anxiety, further exacerbating the negative health outcome of her children. Some of the anxieties pregnant women may experience include worries about parenting, the health of the baby and an intense fear of labor. A new study on pregnancy-related anxiety in women during all three trimesters and its association with symptoms of social and generalized anxiety, was recently published in the Journal of Affective Disorders. [More]

Results from the 2019 Stress in America Survey have found shootings, climate change, politics and health care are some of the issues causing American adults significant stress. [More]

Although the number of women engaging in entrepreneurship continues to grow, there is still a significant number of women experiencing imposter syndrome. A study in Business Horizons noted that entrepreneurship has been “associated with masculine notions of success“ which is why women may question their ability to truly be entrepreneurs more so than men. [More]

In mental health circles there is discussion and research on depression and anxiety. For years, clinicians have attempted to find ways to alleviate thought disorders in a way that doesn’t bring include noxious side effects. [More]

For Matthew Heneghan, author of the newly released memoir, A Medic’s Mind, writing became a way of letting the poison out. “I was not gifted with a natural ability to write,” Heneghan told us. “I merely endured the experiences required to give my soul the time it needed to learn how to cry. What you see on paper or page are not letters and phrases from me...they’re tear drops.” [More]

When a person has a medical emergency, they know if they call 9-1-1, they'll get connected quickly to the help they need. Now, lawmakers want to make it easier for people to reach help in the case of a mental health emergency, proposing a similar three-digit hotline. [More]

A recent study published in the Journal of Early Intervention looked at the feasibility and effectiveness of Responsive Teaching (RT) with Saudi Arabian mothers and their children diagnosed with autism. RT is a relationship-based early intervention curriculum that was developed by study author, Gerald Mahoney. [More]

In a recent survey of 27,715 transgender adults in JAMA Psychiatry, gender identity conversion efforts (GICE) were associated with higher odds of attempted suicide and severe psychological distress. Many jurisdictions ban this practice and several professional organizations oppose it because they recognize the adverse mental health outcomes seen in those who experienced these efforts. [More]