Mental Health

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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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?

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Students participated in the Digital Wellness Symposium at U-M North Quad. Image credit: Michigan Photography

    Too much screen time? U-M pioneers digital wellness program for youths

  9. Muscles leg anatomy engraving 1886. Image credit: iStock

    How trauma gets ‘under the skin’

  10. Concept illustration of a sleeping man. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    The science behind waking up on the wrong side of the bed

  11. Michigan Minds podcast: Purpose and mattering

  12. Concept illustration of children and a parent. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Living in a violent neighborhood affects children’s brain development

  13. Ylisse Yépez, a teacher at Blissfield High School, privately talks to students if they seem reluctant to express themselves in her English class. Images credit: Jeremy Marble, Michigan News

    Equipping school officials to help students deal with traumatic experiences

  14. Concept illustration of a firearm store. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Racism effects linked to gun purchases among Asian Americans during pandemic

  15. Concept illustration of an older woman and blood biomarkers. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Midlife blood test may predict cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s in later life

  16. An out of focus woman holds her hands in front of her face. Image credit: Priscilla Du Preez, Unsplash

    OK, doc—just give it to me…skewed? More precise information doesn’t always mean more informed decisions

  17. Concept illustration of a lonely person watching a sunset beside a lake. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Multiple periods of loneliness may add up to higher mortality risk

  18. Concept illustration of a lonely person looking out over a city as snow gently falls. Image credit: Nicole Smith

    Feeling lonely? Chances are you lost both social support, personal control

  19. Concept illustration of children affected by the Israel-Hamas conflict. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    The psychological consequences of political violence

  20. A group of high school students in athletic uniforms. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    High school students with multiple concussions report increased suicidal behavior