Mental Health

  1. Concept illustration of a person struggling with loneliness. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    The loneliness paradox: How media narratives shape our solitude

  2. Getting in sync: Wearables reveal happiest times to sleep

  3. A lonely woman sitting on the bed. Image credit: cottonbro studio, Pexels

    U-M study of COVID-19 deaths challenges claims, understanding of pandemic-era suicides

  4. Emergency sign outside a hospital. Royalty-free image courtesy of Pickpik.com

    Refining tools that spot risk of violence in young adults in urban emergency rooms may save lives

  5. Concept illustration of grandparents gardening with a grand daughter. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Grandparents help grandkids in many ways—but the reverse may be true too, U-M poll suggests

  6. Two students working at a computer. Image credit: Desola Lanre-Ologun

    Beating the odds: Students at Detroit public schools are less depressed, anxious

  7. Tackling vacant lots, built environments to improve health, well-being

  8. Concept photo of a young boy looking at brain scans. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Parenting affects kids’ brains differently at different ages

  9. Video: Coping with election anxiety: Focus on other activities

  10. Concept illustration of an immigrant family mourning the death of a loved one from afar. Image credit: Juan Ochoa, made with Dall-E

    Transnational grief: Adding depth to Day of the Dead

  11. Concept illustration of a group of people chatting on their phones. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    ​Social media users opt for new privacy haven

  12. Childhood trauma echoes into final years: Deepens end-of-life pain, mental health struggles

  13. Concept illustration of a depressed teen. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Early adversity, maternal depression linked to teen mental health risk

  14. Cancer patients benefit from therapy that changes negative thoughts, behavior

  15. Concept photo of a woman in her thirties hugging herself with tears on her face, wearing a grey sweater sitting alone against a wall at home, with a dark background. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Maternal suicide: U-M study provides insights into complicating factors surrounding perinatal deaths

  16. Concept photo of a young person using a smart phone. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Young people find comfort in AI-generated responses

  17. A smartphone displays that the phone's owner has reached their screen-time limit on YouTube. A notification at the bottom of the screen asks if the user would like 1 or 15 more minutes of YouTube, or if they would like to cancel their YouTube limit for today.

    Managing screen time by making phones slightly more annoying to use

  18. Concept photo of a group of somber school children. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Active shooter drills are meant to keep schools safe, but are they doing harm?

  19. An American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) in Calgary, Alberta. Most of today's tree-dwelling mammals, such as red squirrels, originated after the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, which devastated forests worldwide. A new study suggests that ground-dwelling and semi-arboreal mammals were better able to survive the event. Image credit: Daniel J. Field

    Squirrels benefit late in life from a food boom negating early-life adversity

  20. Bornheimer’s team hosted a table with suicide prevention resources and hopeful activities for attendees at the 2023 American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness Community Walk. From left: Katie Hoener (CMH Program Administrator), Maura Campbell (CMH Provider and Clinical Coordinator in Dr. Bornheimer's STaR Lab), Nicholas Brdar (STaR Lab Manager and Project Coordinator), and Dr. Lindsay Bornheimer (STaR Lab director) Image credit: William Bornheimer

    Empowering young academics: U-M program humanizes research