Mental health

Oxford University Press has published "If Your Adolescent Has Autism," a resource to help parents and other caregivers of teens with autism navigate the transition to adulthood.

Despite December's historically low suicide rates, some news accounts incorrectly link the holidays to increases in suicides, APPC data find.

According to a new Annenberg Public Policy Center survey, most people are uncertain about which vaccinations are safe and recommended for pregnant people.

A paper by APPC and Penn psychologists suggests that harm reduction interventions for substance use increase the public's trust in local government.

Public awareness of the link between drinking alcohol and an elevated risk of cancer has grown since last fall, according to an Annenberg Public Policy Center survey.

The books on this page are part of a series developed by the Adolescent Mental Health Initiative, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, under the guidance of series editor Patrick E. Jamieson, Ph.D., director of the policy center’s Annenberg Health and Risk Communication Institute. These books

An APPC analysis shows an uptick in news stories supporting the myth that the suicide rate increases during the holiday season.

APPC data show that less than half of Americans know that regularly drinking alcohol increases the risk of later developing cancer.

APPC survey data show that public recall of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline number has grown slowly since its introduction in July 2022.