What can we learn from our capacity to emotionally understand one another? Three important results have emerged from the largest genetics study of empathy.

Despite previous research indicating that teens who played video games were better drivers, the recent study did not find any proof.

Exercise has been shown to help people with depression and anxiety, and mental health patients want their doctors to help them use that physical activity as treatment to relieve stress and feel better.

New dads are at risk for depression just like new moms, but mental health professionals are less likely to detect it and the fathers are less likely to get treatment.

People who exercise in groups do half the work but get much more benefit to their stress levels and mental health.

Even people who seem psychologically well-adjusted on Earth may break down when isolated during a long trip through space.

Are society’s changing attitudes toward homosexuality leading to a decrease in suicide attempts? LGBTQ teens have been at risk.

Our friends really are the best, because they make us live healthier lives.

How satisfied you are in a relationship could be determined by your sense of humor.

Being gay doesn’t put you at risk for mental illness — it’s the other events in your life.

Understanding fear could give us more clues about how mental illnesses work and how to treat them.

Some people know exactly what you are going through — because of their synesthesia.