Mental Health Wins

From depression after Chelsea injury to playing non-league at 37

He beat depression after a Chelsea injury and still plays football at 37.

When prepping for disaster, don't forget to pack your teddy bear

Feeling upset in an emergency? Comfort items like teddy bears really help, experts find.

New guidance puts diabetes distress assessment alongside glucose care for adults

Doctors should now check the emotional side of diabetes at every visit under new European

Museums on prescription: How cultural activities are becoming crucial to the public health debate

EU institutions made culture a strategic priority for the first time ever.

Clinical physical exercise trial finds changes in mood and new neuron production

Exercise helps middle-aged brains grow new cells and lifts mood, a new clinical trial shows.

Sexual recovery after breast cancer is often overlooked

Researchers built a 3-layer model to help breast cancer survivors recover sexual well-being.

AI tool nears psychiatrist-level accuracy

An AI now rates mental health as accurately as a full team of psychiatrists.

More short holidays close to home boost well-being, study finds

Even quick getaways near home can boost happiness and resilience, a new study finds.

Dungeons & Dragons study rolls for better well-being

A tabletop game gives players lasting boosts to happiness and self-esteem, a new study finds.

Six-time Grand Slam champion Salisbury retires

Britain's most successful men's doubles player ever retires with six Grand Slam titles and no

AI can be more comforting than a person—our research shows why

A chatbot may lift your mood better than a person, new research shows.

Binge eating may map onto widespread brain differences in bulimia nervosa

Binge eating is tied to widespread brain structure differences, says new Mount Sinai study.

Engineered mice give human brain organoids space to form working circuits

Scientists grew working human brain circuits inside mice — a first that could unlock new treatments.

New study reveals how a brain protein may influence ADHD and brain development

Deleting one brain protein caused ADHD-like behavior in mice — and two drugs reversed it.

Can psychedelic clinical trials be better? Researchers say yes

Researchers designed a smarter placebo to finally test psychedelic drugs fairly.

Hope in the Storm: Studying the Daily Fight to Live

A Yale study asks why people who feel suicidal keep living, not just why they want to die.

Can't quiet your mind? Watching your brain might help

Watching your own brain activity in real time could help quiet a racing mind.

Autistic children ages 4–6 showed improved social skills after summer program

A summer program helped autistic kids aged 4-6 clearly improve their social skills, a new study

Woods seen on range for first time since car crash

Golf legend Tiger Woods can hit "pretty much anything" again, six months after a serious car crash.

World-first psilocin binge eating disorder trial reveals improvement in all patients

After just two doses, half of patients had zero binge-eating episodes for 84 days.