Mental Health

Here’s an alert you won’t want to ignore. Teens are being flooded with constant notifications on their phones at all hours of the day — even during school and when they’re supposed to be sleeping. New…

Pediatric hospital visits for self-harm saw a “large” increase during the first years of COVID-19 in Canada, new research states. A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Monday showed…

Rebecca Mayrhofer said she felt “100 per cent frustrated” when she heard about a triple stabbing in Vancouver’s Chinatown on the weekend, that police allege was committed by a man on day release from psychiatric detention. But she…

If you dream it, you can do it — or maybe just go broke. Manifesting — the suddenly trendy practice of thinking aspirational thoughts or ideas “cosmically attract” success — might not be as harmlessly woo-woo…

After the arrival of his third child, Drew Soleyn, a father from Kingston, Ont., found himself grappling with a cascade of emotions: frustration, isolation, waning motivation and self-doubt about his parenting. After some time,…

“There are only two industries that describe their customers as ‘users,’ ” said Yale professor emeritus Edward Tufte. “Illegal drugs and software companies.” New research proves his point: The more that “heavy…

Tom Hanks’ Forrest Gump and Dustin Hoffman’s Raymond Babbitt had their fans in Japan — both “Forrest Gump” and “Rain Man” were hit films here — but people on the autism spectrum seldom figure as major characters in Japanese…

In a step toward prioritizing mental health support, Canada is launching its nationwide crisis hotline, 988, on Nov.30, providing a free texting or calling service for Canadians struggling with mental health challenges. On Monday,…

Tucked away in the basement of a nondescript midtown Toronto government building, a group of talented international medical researchers conduct their business in secret. Or so they like to joke.“I think we’ve been a bit shy about…

Mindfulness meditation worked as well as a standard drug for treating anxiety in the first head-to-head comparison. The study tested a widely used mindfulness program that includes 2 1/2 hours of classes weekly and 45 minutes of…