HHS Secretary Robert F. Kenney Jr. says that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism. Here's what science says.

What are the options when a minor says to a mental health counselor, “Things have been really tough at home lately. Can I talk to you about it without my parents having to know?” ...

Parents whose babies spend time in the NICU face far higher risks of depression and anxiety. New data reveal why support ...

When you grow up in your biological family, you rarely stop to notice the little familiarities surrounding you. A laugh that sounds just like your father’s. A facial expression that mirrors your ...

Optimism lives in a curious in-between space. It isn’t an outcome so much as an expectation about one. Yet optimism and pessimism each have immediate consequences for mental health. When we expect ...

Even with social skills, a person can still feel lonely in a conversation. You may have experienced this subtype of ...

For anyone who's grown used to drinking a nightcap before bed, the first few weeks of alcohol-free nights can be extra challenging because the body has gotten used to relying on alcohol's help to ...

Toward the end of the 20th century, my colleagues and I won a “problems of the discipline” grant from the American Sociological Association to explore how to integrate new research and theory about ...

Concussions can cause an abnormal protein to cluster around brain blood vessels. Athletes experiencing a concussion during a sports event are evaluated for return to play through clinical evaluation, ...

New research suggests that the quality of the air we breathe also has a significant impact on our cognitive health. A systematic review published earlier this year in The Lancet Planetary Health finds ...

Believing big-picture change is impossible distorts our problems and limits our solutions. Here's how to recognize this ...

When looking for the right romantic matches for you, are you ending up with zip? If you are "zip coding", that could be ...