Many hospital systems and medical centers are experiencing an increased need for space to treat patients with behavioral health issues. According to the National Council for Behavioral Health, the ...

A new study reveals that perceived loneliness accelerates cognitive decline and shortens lifespan, while isolation does not.

In a recent article published in Nature Communications, researchers used Camponotus fellah (carpenter ants) as a model species to perform behavioral tracking and ribonucleic acid-sequencing (RNA-seq) ...

For years, the greatest public health concerns for teens were binge drinking, drunk driving, teen pregnancy, and cigarettes—all externalized risks. And while these behaviors continue to persist, ...

Animals tend to alternate between different choices, which requires the ability to remember recent choices. The Y-maze spontaneous alternation test is widely used in various animal models for ...

Juvenile loneliness is a risk factor for psychopathology in later life. Deprivation of early social experience due to peer rejection has a detrimental impact on emotional and cognitive brain function ...

Home alone: Remote work, isolation, and mental health. Emma Harrington, labor economist, at The University of Virginia, gives ...

A new study reveals that behavioral isolation between populations of Bahamas mosquitofish is driven primarily by the actions of females – not just through mating choice behaviors, but also through ...

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