Just having a pet doesn’t help mental health – but pet-owners with secure relationships with their pets are less depressed

Do you have a secure or anxious attachment with your pet?

Brian N. Chin, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Trinity College • conversation
Feb. 28, 2025 • ~6 min

Can animals have mental disabilities?

Animals can be born with genetic or developmental issues that make it hard for them to live normal lives. They also can develop mental health problems in response to conditions around them.

Rachel Blaser, Professor of Neuroscience, Cognition and Behavior, University of San Diego • conversation
Feb. 24, 2025 • ~8 min

Decluttering can be stressful − a clinical psychologist explains how personal values can make it easier

Assessing how well items align with your core beliefs may make it easier to let them go.

Mary E. Dozier, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Mississippi State University • conversation
Feb. 11, 2025 • ~9 min

Why neglecting your brain health can make it harder to achieve physical goals

If our brain health isn’t optimal, it’s hard to achieve physical fitness challenges.

Christelle Langley, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge • conversation
Jan. 27, 2025 • ~6 min

Feeling political distress? Here are coping strategies a psychologist shares with his clients

Politics in America have become more upsetting than ever for big chunks of the population, but there are ways to cope.

Jeremy P. Shapiro, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University • conversation
Jan. 22, 2025 • ~8 min

With more Americans able to access legalized marijuana, fewer are picking up prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications – new research

The study offers insight into how marijuana access may alter treatment patterns for patients with anxiety.

Ashley Bradford, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology • conversation
Jan. 10, 2025 • ~6 min

Black adults with long COVID report higher levels of hopelessness and suicidal thoughts − new research

Black Americans were disproportionately affected by COVID-19 infections, illness and death during the pandemic. But the long-term toll of long COVID among this group is still largely overlooked.

Tiwaloluwa Ajibewa, Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University • conversation
Dec. 16, 2024 • ~6 min

Wildland firefighters face a big pay cut if Congress doesn’t act − that’s taking a toll on a workforce already under stress

Firefighters work long hours to protect communities, often in dangerous conditions and for low starting pay. Surveys show the impact that can have on their physical and mental health.

Robin Verble, Professor of Biology, Environmental Science Program Director, Missouri University of Science and Technology • conversation
Dec. 3, 2024 • ~9 min

Wildland firefighters face up to $20,000 pay cut if Congress doesn’t act − that’s taking a toll on a workforce already under stress

Firefighters work long hours to protect communities, often in dangerous conditions and for low starting pay. Surveys show the impact that can have on their physical and mental health.

Robin Verble, Professor of Biology, Environmental Science Program Director, Missouri University of Science and Technology • conversation
Dec. 3, 2024 • ~9 min

208 million Americans are classified as obese or overweight, according to new study synthesizing 132 data sources

If obesity trends continue on the current trajectory, more than 80% of US adults will be overweight or obese.

Marie Ng, Affiliate Associate Professor of Global Health, University of Washington • conversation
Nov. 27, 2024 • ~6 min

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