Gratitude can help people to become more social and develop deeper and healthier relationships, which in turn can improve their emotional health.
Positive influences by fathers on their children is associated with fewer behavioral problems and less impulsivity.
Being aware of patients’ religious and spiritual beliefs and incorporating them into treatment can improve outcomes.
Building loving relationships has been shown to improve depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses.
Awareness of adolescents’ sexual history is essential in providing mental health treatment.
Despite reports that the holiday season contributes to a rise in anxiety and depression, Christmastime may actually help to improve mood.
Child psychiatrists are caught in the middle of new laws that aim to restrict prescribing of psychotropics to children.
Media coverage of Ferguson riots and other violent events may provoke anxiety in children, and health care professionals should be prepared to discuss.
Actor’s death a reminder that depression remains fatal for many, better access to mental health needed.
