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A few months after kids returned to classrooms for in-person learning, educators and health care providers are overwhelmed with the number of kids struggling with behavioral and mental health issues.

Josh Lampert was a 19-year-old away at college when his recreational drug use triggered a mental illness called psychotic depression. It involved intense…

Washington Post reporter Craig Timberg explains how military-grade spyware licensed to governments and police departments has infiltrated the iPhones of journalists, activists and others.

As Oakland’s City Council explores putting the fire department in charge of mental health calls, one group has established their own mental health…

As Oakland’s City Council explores putting the fire department in charge of mental health calls, one group has established their own mental health…

The years lost to mental illness around the globe — years of disability, early death — could be far greater than previous estimates.

Vonn defied her doubters to race in the Olympics on a torn ACL, but her comeback dream ended with a broken left leg. Most people would want to hide after such a setback — but Vonn isn't most people.

Many of the Bay Area’s public high schools reopened last month after almost a year and a half of remote learning. Today, we learn how a lost year of lockdown has derailed teen mental health. And, we hear from Gray Davis, the only California governor to be successfully recalled. Plus, a San Francisco musical tradition is back.

Adam Mosseri pushed back on research showing social media is harmful for mental health during testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Data Security.

A year ago today, the WHO first learned of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China of "unknown" origin. Here's the impact of that fateful day, by the numbers.

Two years of disrupted schooling and limited social contact have been tough on kids. A new report calls out states that do a good job supporting kids' mental health at school — and those that don't.