Teen use of marijuana has jumped significantly in recent decades - by 245% since 2000, with over 30% of U.S. high school seniors reporting they'd used the drug in the past year and 6.3% reporting they ...

A new large-scale study has found that teens using cannabis have a higher risk of developing psychiatric disorders.

It notes that average levels of the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, THC, are five to 10 times higher than levels in the ...

Experts say eating disorders often intersect with other mental health struggles like depression or anxiety.

“Lizzie McGuire” and “Revenge of the Nerds” star Robert Carradine has died at the age of 71, with his family confirming that ...

In a decade-long analysis of University of California health system data, researchers assess early-onset mental health disorders after cancer diagnosis and subsequent survival trends.

In A Nutshell About one in ten cancer patients developed a new mental health disorder, most often anxiety or depression, within a year of their diagnosis. Those patients were 51% more likely to die ...

A new study finds teen cannabis use may be linked to a doubled risk of serious mental illness, including psychosis and ...

These days, there’s a lot of talk and debate about whether mental disorders ought to be thought of as biological diseases versus “understandable” and even “normal” reactions to life events. One common ...

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, which begins Feb. 23, attempts to shed light on a condition that affects millions ...