Mental Health

Feda Almaliti is the mother of a 15-year-old son with severe autism and an advocate. She describes how the challenges of the coronavirus crisis are exponentially more difficult for families like hers.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Damona Hoffman, a host of the podcast Dates and Mates, about navigating the end of a relationship during the coronavirus pandemic.

Research shows that optimism is correlated with various good outcomes: higher life expectancy, better recovery rates, success at work. But is optimism a personality trait, or could it be learned?

Clinical assistant professor of psychiatry Dr. Jean Kim and artist Wendy MacNaughton answer listener questions about ways to relax during the pandemic.

ABC News correspondent Dan Harris was broadcasting live in 2004 when he experienced a panic attack. He credits meditation with helping him work through his anxiety — both then and now.

Congress authorized $100 billion to reimburse health care providers for losses linked to the pandemic, but much of that money has gone for Medicare patients, with low-income families left behind.

A young medical resident learns new ways to reach and comfort his ill hospital patients — despite protective barriers that keep them far apart. He starts by turning down the noise.

Psychiatry professor Sonia Ancoli-Israel of the University of California, San Diego, takes listener questions on maintaining healthy sleep and taking care of mental health during the pandemic.

Psychiatry professors Sonia Ancoli-Israel of the University of California and Christina McCrae of the University of Missouri take listener questions about managing anxiety.

Psychiatry professors Sonia Ancoli-Israel of the University of California and Christina McCrae of the University of Missouri take listener questions about maintaining healthy sleep.

The United Nations' policy brief laid out concerns that the spread of COVID-19 and its economic consequences will take a heavy toll in ways that may not be immediately obvious.

Suicide rates typically drop during natural disasters and other crises but then spike in the months or years after. So mental health specialists are looking to build psychological resilience now.