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.
It’s extremely unusual to see death rates increase in a developed country like the US. And researchers say it’s not just about economic despair.
Does court-ordered treatment for mental illness work?
Congress has spent millions to spread assisted outpatient treatment across the country. But the evidence is far from conclusive.
Big Bird has big feelings.
“You’ve got to be willing to accept that there’s a trade-off here.” —Craig Garthwaite
Mental health professionals are divided over diagnosing Trump.
Why I signed a controversial petition declaring Donald Trump unfit for office.
A beginner’s guide to Josh Thomas’s empathetic and witty show.
For the past 16 years in the US, suicide rates have been highest in late spring and summer, although there is evidence this might be changing.
One in 10 medical students contemplate suicide.
Psychedelic drugs like LSD and psilocybin (from magic mushrooms) are in the middle of a research renaissance. Here’s why.
Three steps to feeling normal again after Donald Trump’s win.
Plus five other animal streams to deal with Election Day anxiety.
Election anxiety is real. Many Americans report “significant stress” due to 2016.
Deinstitutionalization didn’t cause mass incarceration. But it did contribute to it.
A story of how the criminal justice system neglects, abuses, and sometimes kills people with mental illness.
62 percent of young people prefer text messages to phone calls.
“It’s time to fix me.”
Hackers tried to imply Simone Biles was doping. She used the leak to reduce ADHD stigma instead.
Psychedelic drugs could be the key to making you happier and healthier. So why won’t we research them?
Capital punishment is at the center of two cases: one on racial discrimination and one on solitary confinement.
California is the fifth and largest state to allow physician-assisted suicide.
A girl in striped leggings. A tantrum-throwing billionaire in a wheelchair. And the right-to-die propaganda that will bring them together.
“Every three months, I just know I’m going to lose a few days of my life.”
The actor was reportedly due to see Howard Kornfeld, a California pain and addiction doctor.
I’m not ashamed of having bipolar disorder, but I don’t want to go out of my way to tell people. I worry. Will this person not want to work with me anymore? Will they treat me differently? Will they think I’m unreliable?
Suicide in the US is on the rise. What’s more, suicide rates are increasing for both men and women in every age group, except for those over 75.
There has to be a better way.
Psychiatric hospitals are legally obligated to treat suicidal patients — even if the patient’s funding runs dry — for as long as it takes for the patient to stabilize. But many don’t, and the consequences can be lethal.
Living in a car is a step up from street homelessness, but it isn’t much safer: Homeless people are 13 times more likely to be the victims of violence than housed people. And homeless women are even more vulnerable.
The map tells two related stories.
An ugly moment in the Democratic debate.
First, figure out why you’re drawn to people who can’t give you what you want.
Trump told a surprisingly personal story.
You’re the Worst does not suggest depression can be defeated. It suggests, instead, that it can be lived with.
Has America really moved on from its old war on drugs, and begun treating drugs as a public health issue?
Can mental health reform reduce mass shootings in America? Rep. Tim Murphy thinks so.
The show paints a powerful, bleak portrait of the disease.
A new report calls for mercy.