Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Experts talk at length about the importance of physical health: we need to exercise and follow healthy diets, otherwise we risk ...

Social media platforms are everywhere, and most children and teens have access. Many indicators suggest social media use can ...

When we first meet Anxiety, the latest emotion helping a 13-year-old girl named Riley in Disney's summer blockbuster "Inside Out 2," the character introduces herself by saying that Fear - another ...

It’s been one year since the U.S. surgeon general issued a national warning about an epidemic of loneliness. Other countries recognized the problem earlier: the United Kingdom appointed a minister for ...

In January, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, appeared at a congressional hearing to answer questions about how social media potentially harms children. Zuckerberg opened by ...

Monica Wang receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. The global anti-vaccine movement and vaccine hesitancy that accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic show no signs of abating.

The 5-3-1 Rule encourages small, consistent social interactions to strengthen emotional well-being. With weekly variety, ...

Many adults—from teachers to the U.S. surgeon general —will tell you that social media has the potential to dangerously erode K-12 students’ mental health. School districts and lawmakers alike have ...

There are different perspectives on how many areas of self-care contribute to a happy, healthy life. But in some way, shape, ...

All of us have heard guidelines about how to be physically healthy—eat well, exercise, wash your hands, get plenty of rest. But how many of us have thought seriously about our social lives—the ...

If you are like most, you haven't heard of social prescribing, and if you have, you aren't sure what it is. Social prescribing is an intervention healthcare professionals —such as doctors, nurses, and ...