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Mental health has recently been in the news for all the wrong reasons: unexpected celebrity suicides, an increase in depression diagnoses, the CDC’s report that the suicide rate has increased by 30 percent since 1999, etc. Penn Medicine’s Collaborative Care Behavioral Health initiative aims to catch untreated mental health issues through a preexisting relationship: the primary care physician.

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Greening vacant urban land significantly reduces feelings of depression and improves overall mental health for the surrounding residents, researchers show in a new randomized, controlled study. The findings have implications for cities across the United States, where 15 percent of land is deemed “vacant” and often blighted or filled with trash and overgrown vegetation.

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An overabundance of “stuff” can have a detrimental effect on a person’s mental health and disrupt their sense of home, says procrastination researcher Joseph Ferrari, a professor of psychology at DePaul University.

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The long-lasting impacts of the acute stress and trauma being experienced by children being separated at the US border is "absolutely terrifying," a Georgetown expert in childhood development, trauma, and resilience says.

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New research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business finds that when it comes to predicting who is most likely to act in a trustworthy manner, one of the most important factors is the anticipation of guilt.

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App, brief intervention may be lifesaver for suicidal teens