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Anxiety Disorders
"I am not sick at all but everyone around me becomes sick."
"I thought strangers knew who I was and were whispering about me as I walked by."
“It is healthy and normal to be afraid of death."
Boys are four times as likely as girls to develop autism. Girls are nearly twice as likely to experience depression. The immune system may be a player in these and other brain-health disparities.
Since 2012, the amount of time that teenagers spend socializing in person has plummeted. Is it a coincidence that depression is more common?
A series of charts shows how prevalent different mental illnesses are across the globe — but how we define them matters.
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Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Matthew Johnson answers 24 huge questions about psychedelics.
We will have a better shot at improving our lives once we come to understand, know, and love the people we will one day become.
The discovery has enormous implications for the development of novel anti-anxiety medications.
A study shows that the brains of lonely individuals respond in odd ways to visual stimuli, while those of non-lonely people react similarly.
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How America became a fragile nation — and how it can get its resilience back.
Long-term research efforts have revealed alarming mental health trends.
“It doesn’t erase what happened to you. It just changes the impact it has on your life.”
A blood test to diagnose mental illness is a "holy grail" of psychiatry.
About 2.5% of women and 2.2% of men in the U.S. meet the criteria for body dysmorphic disorder.
Research shows that spending more time on social media is associated with body image issues in boys and young men.
Studies show talk therapy works, but experts disagree about how it does so. Finding the answer could help professionals and patients.
The golden rule of self-compassion: Treat yourself with the same kindness you treat others.
A toxicologist explains the impacts of antidepressants on fish — and no, they're not getting any happier.
It may be possible to give people the tools to withstand difficulty before it attaches to them.
To the Greek philosopher, all of our actions ultimately aim at our own pleasure.
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Our society is in a mental health crisis. Are psychedelics the way out?
The research could aid the development of more effective treatments for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Terrified of blushing? You might have erythrophobia.
A technique called targeted memory reactivation could improve common treatments for nightmare disorder.
Fear creates distraction, and that can be a positive experience.
When other treatments fail, this radical surgery could help.
More than half of Americans feel anxious over their financial situation.
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The findings of a recent study may help explain why some people are quicker to forget fearful memories.
Before anesthetics, some patients would die of the pain on the operating table.