Mental Health

  1. Healthy Minds Study illustration. Image courtesy: School of Public Health

    College students’ anxiety, depression higher than ever, but so are efforts to receive care

  2. A ‘game changer’ for mental health

  3. Icon of a caregiver and an elderly person

    Balancing work and care linked to better emotional well-being for those caring for older adults

  4. Strawberry Burrell (left), a resident of Detroit, and Detroit River Story Lab participant, works with a volunteer building a boat that the students will test in the Detroit River. Image credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography

    Loneliness in later life lessens when older adults spend many hours volunteering

  5. Child and German Shepherd

    Toddlers instinctively bond with dogs, willing to help get treats

  6. Anxious girl spending winter holidays alone and depressed. Image credit: nicoletaionescu, iStock

    Find compassion with yourself to cope with the holidays

  7. Concept illustration of mental fatigue. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    U-M researcher leads DoD-funded project to understand mental fatigue

  8. The Improv Project at Home website screenshot.

    Improv course may help teens learn to tolerate uncertainty

  9. Concept illustration of a sad young boy. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Firearm injuries in kids leave lasting mental scars, U-M study finds

  10. President Biden signs into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Image courtesy: @Whitehouse via Twitter

    New federal firearm and mental health law: U-M experts react 

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    Mental disorders may increase risk for subsequent dementia

  12. U-M Block M Logo

    As a season of joy arrives, pandemic stress weighs heaviest on least-healthy older adults

  13. I man sits leaning against the base a a tree with a backpack beside him. Image credit: josealbafotos, Pixabay.com

    In the digital era, you are not alone

  14. A man reading a book. Image credit: Oladimeji Ajegbile, Pexels.com

    Grad students suffer high levels of mental health stress, but pandemic provides opportunity for change

  15. Six person walking on train rail surrounded by tall trees at daytime. Image credit: Anthony Intraversato, Unsplash

    Youth report feeling physically, mentally better after spending time in nature

  16. Concept photo of an LGBTQ person in Kenya. Image credit: Nicole Smith, Made with Midjourney

    LGBTQ+ people in Kenya urgently need mental health support

  17. Young woman is sitting hunched at a table at home, the focus is on a man's fist in the foregound of the image. image credit: iStock

    Exposure to violence in adolescence linked to intimate partner violence, mental distress later in life

  18. Concept illustration of mental illness. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Mental disorders forecast chronic physical diseases, premature death

  19. Muslim college students illustration. Image credit: iStock

    U-M study: 2016 election negatively affected mental health of Muslim college students

  20. Police lights at night.

    Study identifies how police violence contributes to mental health woes