Mental Health

Registering kids makes them targets for violence and increases their risk for mental health and other problems—without reducing reoffending.

  He shifted in his seat. Face down. No eye contact. Limited responses.

The analysis, based on 2016-2019 data survey responses covering nearly 132,000 children ages 3 to 17, examined the complex interplay between common mental health problems among children, social and relational health risks, and protective factors. 

Chronic diseases are often accompanied by depression. Effective treatment requires addressing both.

Public health can do more than address mental health crises. A burgeoning field of research suggests that bolstering well-being can prevent these crises in the first place.

New CDC data, collected by researchers at the Wendy Klag Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities at the Bloomberg School, finds an increase in autism prevalence in five Maryland counties based in 2018 data.

New POE Center Brings a Focus to Mental Health Challenges in the Workplace

Cochlear Center director Frank R. Lin explains why hearing loss has been linked to cognitive issues like dementia.

Associate Professor Meghan Davis, DVM, PhD '12,  has been awarded funding from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to establish a new center focused on work-related mental health issues and solutions.

Emerging gut-brain science is uncovering connections between the gut microbiome and mental health.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have shown in a brain organoid study that exposure to a common pesticide synergizes with a frequent autism-linked gene mutation.

The US may be one of the planet’s most well-resourced countries, but it’s clearly doing a much worse job of providing health care—particularly mental health care—than many countries.

The development of dementia, often from Alzheimer’s disease, late in life is associated with abnormal blood levels of dozens of proteins up to five years earlier.

Disrupting school and interactions with peers, the pandemic has left teens with stress, anxiety, and other mental health challenges.