There is strong interest on college campuses for scaling up peer support as a mental-health resource for students. But more research is needed to establish guidelines for the programs — in light of ...

Psychological health is the cornerstone of successful careers, successful marriages, effective child-rearing, and even physical health. At one or more points in virtually everyone’s life, however, ...

A significant number of college students experience some kind of mental health concern, whether it’s chronic stress, anxiety, depression or suicidal ideation. A January report from the College Student ...

A new grant from New Hampshire’s Division of Behavioral Health at the Department of Health and Human Services awarded the University of New Hampshire $400,000 to create alternative peer groups for ...

New Delhi: A two-year study by The George Institute for Global Health, India, has found that a structured peer-support model substantially improved the mental health and overall wellbeing of ...

Adolescent me. At the library. Looking at a bulletin board. It had been a rough year for me and my mental health with hospitalizations, intensive outpatient, medications, and therapy. I often wondered ...

Eligible participants comprised women age 25 years or older with a diagnosis of breast or gynecologic cancers and receiving treatment at four participating hospitals. Participants were asked whether ...

Some cancers — including breast, prostate, pancreas, and kidney cancers — have also seen an increase in incidence rates, the article reports. With a cancer diagnosis often comes months of treatment, ...

Peer mentor interventions did not improve long-term hemoglobin A1C levels or yield sustained benefits among veterans with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to study results published ...