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Researchers have mapped out using MRI where happiness emerges in the brain. The study paves the way for measuring happiness objectively — and also provides insights on a neurologically based way of being happy.

Kids and teens who take medications like Ritalin to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are twice as likely to be physically or emotionally bullied by peers than those who don’t have ADHD…

Exercising, meditating, scouring self-help books… we go out of our way to be happy, but do we really know what happiness is?

Most comprehensive look at youth violence on a global scale. Youth violence undermines social and economic development, especially in the poorest corners of the world, according to research from…

People who live in poorer areas in England are more likely to need mental healthcare but are less likely to access support and to recover from their symptoms following treatment, according to…

Largest non-profit quitline in the US hires Native counselors, looks to help LGBT smokers and those with mental health issuesWhile the overall number of people who smoke in the United States is…

Guidelines for the use and review of antipsychotic drugs need to be urgently reassessed in light of new findings from a study of how the drugs are used in people with dementia in nursing homes.

Children exposed to marijuana in the womb show a significant improvement in their ability to track moving objects at age four, according to new vision research. But researchers are warning that the results do not mean marijuana has a beneficial effect …

The discovery of a protein that guides neurons as they extend axons across the spinal cord midline helps unravel the complexity of how neural connections form and the understanding of diseases that result from brain mis-wiring.