Your Smartphone and Lack of Sleep Could Be Making You Depressed
If things have a tendency to feel bleak these days, it’s not just you. Young Americans are more than twice as more…
Comedian Aparna Nancherla On Corporate and Laughing at Her Own Anxiety
The office comedy Corporate can be bleak—so bleak that it sometimes circles around to relatable, as it follows two…
Selfish
“I feel like my whole life is a question,” I declared dramatically to a group of strangers one night in early June, as…
Pediatricians Want Universal Depression Screening For Teens
The American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed new guidelines on Monday calling for universal screening for depression in…
Valley of the Jez: The (Mostly) Legal Drugs We Took to Get Through 2017
In our lives, many of us will go through periods when our natural coping mechanisms aren’t enough and so we turn to…
Anti-Medication Goop Summit Expert Claims AIDS Treatment Kills and GMOs Cause Depression
This coming January, our favorite vaginal egg hawker Goop will hold its second “In Goop Health” summit in New York…
Amandla Stenberg Directed a Lovely Meditation Video for Anxious Teens
To go along with her recent Teen Vogue cover, actress and activist Amandla Stenberg directed, scored, illustrated, and…
I Need to See a Shrink, But I'm Burned Out on Them
Welcome to Dear Jane, Jezebel’s new advice column.
Hayley Williams Admits She Took a Break From Paramore in 2015 Due to Depression
In a recent interview for the new Fader cover story, Paramore lead vocalist and songwriter Hayley Williams opened up…
Andrea Petersen's New Book Gives Anxiety Sufferers Something to Hold Up
On Edge: A Journey Through Anxiety starts with the worst: our protagonist is 20 years old, and she thinks she is dying.…
Oumou Sangaré's New Video Is Meant to Give Hope to People With Depression
Oumou Sangaré, the Malian legend who is known as “the Songbird of Wassoulou” and has spent her life advocating for…
Pillsplaining That Misunderstood 'Birth Control Makes You Depressed' Study
A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry launched a thousand ominous articles reporting a confirmed link between…
Kid Cudi Checks Into Rehab for 'Depression and Suicidal Urges'
In a lengthy note on Facebook, Kid Cudi writes that he has checked himself into rehab for treatment for depression and…
Dallas' First Woman District Attorney Resigns After Being Hospitalized For Depression 3 Times
The first female district attorney of Dallas, Texas has resigned, after two years in office that were plagued with…
Cara Delevingne Speaks Openly About Her Experience With Depression
Cara Delevingne reemerged on the fashion scene this week in a series of advertisements for Saint Laurent, which many…
A Woman Wrote a Beautifully Honest Obituary For Her Sister Who Died From Suicide
Eleni Pinnow wrote an obituary after the death of her sister Aletha Meyer Pinnow on February 20. In Eleni’s words,…
How to Flake Out on Plans If You're Depressed
When I was growing up, there was nothing better than when school was canceled for a snow day. It didn’t just mean no…
Task Force Finally Recommends Depression Screening for Pregnant Women and New Mothers
The United States Preventative Services Task Force—an influential panel of experts in primary care and preventative…