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Anxiety
A blood test to diagnose mental illness is a "holy grail" of psychiatry.
High-conflict people are found in all walks of life. Learning how to identify them, and what to do next, can save you much emotional turmoil.
Monsters have always represented societal fears, but narrative art also casts doubt on whether we fully understand our monsters — and their slayers.
Mass sociogenic illnesses can afflict thousands of people.
The Apple Watch could soon take the pain out of monitoring blood sugar levels.
Mindfulness may be especially useful for gaining more control of your impulses to spend.
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Research shows that spending more time on social media is associated with body image issues in boys and young men.
Research shows how "dark" Brett Martinpersonality traits affect Bitcoin enthusiasm.
When migraine and tension-headache patients overuse their medications, they can actually trigger more headaches.
Your breathing rhythm influences a wide range of behaviors, cognition, and emotion.
Researchers watched for signs of withdrawal — but didn't find any.
When we don't find ways to relieve chronic stress, personal burnout is the likely consequence.
Day trading has the potential to yield incredible profits, but without a time machine, you’re unlikely to achieve them.
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The “money taboo” is not a single taboo, but rather an amalgamation of several smaller taboos tied to gender and socioeconomic class.
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The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not.
Boredom isn’t the enemy; it’s a catalyst for changing your relationship to work.
When we're stressed, our hormones and nervous system produce all sorts of odors.
The research could aid the development of more effective treatments for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The placebo effect is real. So are the ethical conundrums posed by those who would exploit the latest research advances for profit.
"Kids are always asking two questions of parents: 'Am I safe?' and 'Am I real?'"
Metabolism and mitochondrial functioning seem to have far more to do with mental health than many people might expect.
It's perhaps never been harder to resist the urge to overspend.
Parents want the best for their kids, but resilience helps children better cope with life's unavoidable challenges.
A long-maligned treatment outperforms the trendy one.
This opens the door to manipulating networks of specific neurons.
More than half of Americans feel anxious over their financial situation.
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Urban legends help personify the anxieties that arise from living in a modern city.
How many tins of beans make a stockpile, and when does a basement become a bunker?
Does donating relieve that anxiety? Or make it worse?