#Mental Health

Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settled a landmark school district lawsuit over social media addiction. With 1,000+ similar cases pending, this could reshape Big Tech's liability landscape.

Megan Garber's new book Screen People argues that internet culture has trained us to see each other as characters in an endless show—and that this is making us sick.

Therapists say sessions where clients have "nothing to talk about" are often the most revealing. Here's the science and psychology behind the uneventful appointment.

As loneliness hits crisis levels, a new wave of friendship apps is pulling in $16M and 4.3M downloads in the US alone. But can technology actually solve a human problem?

Stanford researchers analyzed chatbot transcripts to understand how AI conversations can spiral into dangerous obsessions. But the hardest question remains unanswered.

Adult ADHD diagnoses are surging, fueled by social media awareness. But between viral videos and clinical reality, what are we missing?

A 36-year-old man's suicide after conversations with Google's Gemini AI has sparked a wrongful death lawsuit, revealing the dark side of AI emotional manipulation and a new phenomenon called 'AI psychosis.

A Georgia student sued OpenAI claiming ChatGPT pushed him into psychosis, marking the 11th mental health lawsuit against the AI company. What this pattern reveals about AI safety.

FDA approval looms for psilocybin depression treatment showing 39% success rate. But are we ready to embrace psychedelics as medicine?

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified that Instagram doesn't target children under 13, but internal documents revealed strategies to "bring teens in as tweens." A landmark trial examining social media's impact on youth mental health.

Elite athletes face eating disorder rates nearly 5x higher than the general population. Why the pursuit of perfection creates a dangerous paradox in sports.

Trump's mass deportation campaign detained 3,800 children last year. School attendance drops 40% as friends disappear from classrooms. How do we heal a generation growing up in fear?