People who are female, younger, more educated and have reported suicidal ideation are more likely to go to therapy or use psychiatric medications, according to Rutgers Health researchers.

Opening new gun stores may raise neighborhood shooting rates for years, highlighting how firearm availability affects community violence, according to Rutgers researchers.

A Rutgers professor and other firearm violence prevention experts warn that the progress the country made last year in reducing homicide rates is in jeopardy because of a wave of federal cuts and policy reversals in 2025.

Young sexual minority men – a term used to describe gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men – with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms are more likely to begin using substances such as cigarettes, alcohol, cannabis, stimulants and illicit drugs at an earlier age, according to Rutgers Health researchers.

A Rutgers Health analysis of participants over three years finds discrimination, stigma and chronic stress contribute to anxiety, depression, PTSD and substance use disparities