Mental Health
Why are anxiety and depression rates rising? Which self-care trends are worth your time and money? Vox’s coverage of mental health and wellness.

The desire to define ourselves, from love languages to Myers-Briggs types.

The no-rules approach to building a meditation practice.

What we lose when psychedelics are medicalized.



Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants more mental health resources after the Allen mall mass shooting. It’s not a real solution.


A new report finds a lack of connection is killing us — and suggests ways to fix it.


Social-emotional learning has been a basic — and uncontroversial — part of education for decades. So why are conservatives waging a war against it?

The hours between school dismissal and the end of the workday are a mess. They don’t have to be.

The pandemic took young people’s present. What will it do to their future?


By doing so, he’s normalizing a conversation around mental health.
This is what the future of mental health could look like.

When losses stack up, how are you supposed to manage?

The mental health benefits of moving your body are considerable, even though the barriers to entry can feel high.


The future of video games is about more than just fun.

A telehealth company called Done wants Gen Z’s attention.

The “male friendship recession” is having dire consequences.

It’s all about managing your social battery.

Let envy be a motivator instead of holding you back.


Science shows that self-compassion isn’t about letting yourself off the hook — in fact, it’s the opposite.


These preventable failures cost Uvalde students and teachers their lives.


A new newsletter to help spark conversation with the teens and tweens in your life.

A series about the collateral health effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in communities around the US.


Students at Robb Elementary followed lockdown drill protocol, but many trainings go too far.


It was one of the world’s largest mandatory gun buybacks — and it was a smashing success.


In his State of the Union speech, the president vowed to hold social media platforms accountable for their harms.


Kanye West is having a hard time right now. Shouldn’t we be more careful?

Search-and-rescue responders have powerful new ways of recovering from trauma.

The very real psychiatric term has become so omnipresent in pop culture that some experts worry it’s losing its meaning.


If you’ve had (or currently have) Covid-19, here’s what you should know about long Covid symptoms and care.


If the onslaught of New Year’s diet marketing is taking a toll on your body image, here are some tips for coping.


Forecasting what’s shaping up to be another bumpy year.

A 1-minute mindfulness practice helped settle my ADHD-addled mind.

My trees need me and, in truth, I need them.

Millennials grew up hating their bodies. Does Gen Z have to be the same?

A startup called Field Trip is opening clinics to administer ketamine treatments. Others may follow.

Why we still can’t sleep, and what to do about it.

There’s a mental health moment in America, and athletes are leading the way.


Mental health experts nonviolently disarm teens with weapons every day.

Pandemic survivor guilt may be pervasive, but it’s hard to detect, leaving many struggling in silence.