Mental Health

Stress can have multiple effects on children. Read more to learn what they are.

'These are people who are struggling with urges to buy and shop despite harmful consequences,' says UCLA Health's Dr. Timothy Fong

Find out about depression treatments for adolescents

Providing whole-person care to cancer patients includes culturally competent mental health services

‘People may see their behavior as excessive or disproportionate, but they still have a hard time controlling it,’ says Emanuel Maidenberg, a clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA Health

93% of those surveyed by Dr. Emily Hotez and her team of undergrads said they were having trouble coping with pandemic stressors

‘In the Western world, we all want to wear stress as a badge of honor, but there’s not full awareness of the downsides,’ says UCLA Health psychiatry professor George Slavich

'It’s very heartbreaking for the soldiers,' says UCLA Health psychiatrist Bruce Kagan who leads an outpatient PTSD clinic for the Veterans Administration

About 25% of adults suffer from the condition known as trypanophobia

Learn about the risks of drinking too much alcohol