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Specialists estimate that a small increase of only $1 in the state minimum wage could have prevented thousands of suicides between 2009–2015.

A preliminary study has found that when young, healthy men were deprived of just one night of sleep, they had higher levels of tau — a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease — in their blood than when they had a full, uninterrupted night of rest.

How much do our diets influence our mental health? A recent review assesses the evidence and concludes that much more research is needed.

Recent research adds to the evidence that mindfulness practice may enable us to eradicate unhelpful fears — and continue to keep them at bay.

Anxiety disorders are the most common type of psychiatric illness, yet researchers know very little about factors associated with recovery. A new study investigated three levels of recovery in a large, representative sample of more than 2,000 Canadians…

How can listening to music make us feel? A new study involving participants from different cultures has identified 13 possible emotions that music evokes.

Scientists have succeeded in determining the number and type of newly formed neurons in zebrafish; practically conducting a ‘census’ in their brains. Following an injury, zebrafish form new neurons and integrate them into the nervous system, which is t…

A massive genomewide analysis of approximately 200,000 military veterans has identified six genetic variants linked to anxiety.