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Special Report

The Future of Mental Health

As the isolation and anxiety caused by the pandemic put a renewed focus on our brain's ability to cope with trauma, Smithsonian magazine brings you stories about the latest advancements in treatments and understanding of mental illness


This functional connectivity map, a kind of “fingerprint” of the brain, displays how different regions interact with each other in 12-year-olds. The map was constructed from resting-state MRIs, where participants were lying down and not completing a task. Larger red circles denote brain “nodes” with more connections.

SCIENCE

Can a ‘Fingerprint’ of Your Brain Help Predict Disorders?

Patients who are struggling with everything from ADHD to eating disorders have turned to art therapy for help.

SCIENCE

How Making Art Helps Improve Mental Health

More than 10,000 mental health apps are available, according to one estimate. In order to pick the most reliable ones, researchers say you should consider their privacy policies, effectiveness, and costs.

SCIENCE

Can a Mental Health App Help You Deal With Anxiety?

More Stories

Many workers today feel frazzled, overwhelmed and ready for a vacation.

SCIENCE

How to Deal With Work Stress and Recover From Burnout

Chris Woolston, Knowable Magazine

Patients who are struggling with everything from ADHD to eating disorders have turned to art therapy for help.

SCIENCE

How Making Art Helps Improve Mental Health

Sarah Kuta

More than 10,000 mental health apps are available, according to one estimate. In order to pick the most reliable ones, researchers say you should consider their privacy policies, effectiveness, and costs.

SCIENCE

Can a Mental Health App Help You Deal With Anxiety?

Antonia Mufarech

ElliQ can make small talk, answer questions, remind users to take medication, help contact friends and family, initiate conversation and help with other daily activities.

SMART NEWS

New York State Purchases Robot Companions for the Elderly

Margaret Osborne

Later this summer, people will be able to call, text or online chat the number 988 to connect with mental health counselors.

SMART NEWS

Beginning in Mid-July, Dial 988 for the Mental Health Hotline

Sarah Kuta

Researchers at Cambridge University, Oxford University and Boston College will study how the four-day workweek affects workplace productivity, employee wellbeing, gender equality and the environment. 

 

SMART NEWS

The U.K. Is Launching the World’s Largest Four-Day Workweek Experiment

Sarah Kuta

A new study shows that children who play individual sports, like tennis, may have more mental health issues than those that play team sports or don’t participate in sports at all.

SCIENCE

Should Parents Worry About New Research Linking Kids’ Mental Health and Individual Sports?

Alex Fox

School children protest climate change outside the Scottish Parliament in 2019 as part of a worldwide demonstration.

SCIENCE

Your Crushing Anxiety About the Climate Crisis Is Normal

Antonia Mufarech

Many Americans struggle with risk assessment when making decisions during the pandemic.

SCIENCE

Why It’s So Hard to Make Risk Decisions in the Pandemic

Lila Thulin

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If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, you can call 1-800-273-8255 for free and confidential support.

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