Health policy expert Ezekiel Emanuel says you don’t have to be obsessed to live a healthy life. Wellness can, and should, be something you enjoy.

Joe Nucci, author of "Psychobabble," joins us to discuss how the misuse of psychological language risks blurring the lines between everyday problems and clinical diagnoses.

“Psychedelics crosscut so many interesting domains. They've been used for time immemorial by indigenous cultures. In our own Western cultural history, they really exploded on the scene in the 1960s, and were associated with radical changes to society.”

A preview of the latest novel by the National Book Award finalist Brandon Hobson.

"One of the largest mitigating factors against getting traumatized is who is there for you at that particular time."

John Green opens up about his struggle to remain hopeful while writing about suffering and injustice.

Neuroscience supports the notion that mindfulness and meditation should become essential assets in our workspaces.

"These days, no national news network is trusted by more than half of American adults. And that's a problem."

A powerful psychedelic long used in African rituals shows surprising promise for treating traumatic brain injury and PTSD.

When your life’s truth and the reality you live become out of sync, you risk falling into an "anxiety spiral."

"The amount of interest is enormous," says anesthesiologist Boris Heifets. "People are dropping in and coming out of the woodwork, trying to understand how to do this."

Can laboratories become more humane, or is it time to end animal research altogether?

Manipulating a signaling pathway in mice reversed their anxiety — and offers hope for a new class of anti-anxiety medications for humans.

Carrie Berk reveals how she transformed her struggle with anxiety and internet fame by changing her perception and finding her true voice as a writer.

Mental health awareness is more widespread than ever. Some professionals think it may have gone overboard — especially on TikTok.

Sound may be an overlooked tool for boosting well-being.

Recent research sheds light on how the brain overgeneralizes fear, causing people to be afraid of harmless situations.

Public mass shooters almost always have worldviews shaped by the "3 Rs": rage, resentment, and revenge.

Many still consider hypnosis more of a cheap magician’s trick than legitimate clinical medicine.

Research suggests that to maintain a healthy brain, we should tend our gut microbiome.

One dose of ibogaine was shown to dramatically reduce depression and PTSD.

Acclaimed psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, author of “The Body Keeps The Score,” discusses the widespread existence of trauma and how it settles in our bodies.

He co-created one of TV’s funniest shows. He still felt like a failure in his 30s. This is comedian Neal Brennan’s story about conquering toxic self-talk.

Various environmental phenomena can play tricks on our brain.

Chronic pain is often driven by brain processes that can be reprogrammed.

Recent high-profile instances of fraud in psychology have led some to wonder if there's anything useful about the field at all.

Our one-size-fits-all approach to sex education hasn't worked for a long time. Sex educator Emily Nagoski explains what we know (and don't know) about the role neurodiversity plays in intimacy.

Medical psychologist Catherine Monk explains how prenatal mental care benefits both mothers and babies.

A brief look at the six-decade challenge to psychiatry.

Now that the DSM lists severe hoarding as a disorder apart from OCD, psychologists are asking what explains its prevalence.