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The new documentary Agent of Happiness explores Bhutan's efforts to measure its own "gross national happiness." The film follows one not-especially-happy agent who gathers the data. -
KPBS spoke to child development experts for tips on helping children get the playtime they need. -
Thousands of new migrants arriving in Chicago fled difficult situations or endured dangerous journeys. Informal support groups can provide some mental health care to ease their trauma and distress. -
Experts say free play time has lasting benefits, particularly for young people’s mental health. -
Ketamine, approved as an anesthetic in 1970, is emerging as a major alternative mental health treatment. But more than 500 clinics have popped up with little regulation, and treatment varies widely. -
NBC journalist Antonia Hylton spent more than a decade piecing together the history of Maryland's first segregated asylum, where Black patients were forced into manual labor. Her new book is Madness. -
As their lives have become less free and more structured in recent decades, kids have also become less happy. Experts say that isn’t a coincidence. -
California’s Department of Health Care Services created two, free mental health apps to help kids, teens and young adults to better manage their mental health. -
It's not just for weight loss. Patients and doctors alike are having success using the diet for illnesses like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. And research is taking off. -
For years, Wyoming has had one of the highest suicide rates and one of the highest gun ownership rates in the United States. But until recently, it was taboo to draw a link between those two things.
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