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Grief never ends. There is no closure, but there are things we can do to mitigate the feeling of loss.
Now that the DSM lists severe hoarding as a disorder apart from OCD, psychologists are asking what explains its prevalence.
How the simple act of watching twilight can radically transform our perception of the world and our role within it.
John Templeton Foundation
A study involving nearly 2,000 people found links between personality traits and the likelihood of moving toward or away from dementia.
"I am not sick at all but everyone around me becomes sick."
The strange case of cultured ultra-thief Stéphane Breitwieser — who claims “art is my drug” — has divided opinion. Is it Stendhal syndrome?
"I thought strangers knew who I was and were whispering about me as I walked by."
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Modern life replaced spirituality with goal-setting — and it’s making us depressed. Here’s how to win back your happiness.
“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.
Retatrutide, Eli Lilly's innovative "triple g" drug, is setting new standards in the fight against obesity.
Since 2012, the amount of time that teenagers spend socializing in person has plummeted. Is it a coincidence that depression is more common?
Neuroscientists think a cluster of cells in the brain that stimulate appetite could be a target for eating disorder therapies.
When you do something with all your heart and mind, you do it with "meraki." When we lack this feeling, it can lead to burnout.
The Serenity Prayer is nice — until the missiles come raining down on your city.
To advance the gender-affirming healthcare of all those who transition, we must also understand the nature and causes of those who detransition.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline relaunched last year with a new number, yet few Americans are aware of the helpline and its purpose.
A series of charts shows how prevalent different mental illnesses are across the globe — but how we define them matters.
You'll be able to sleep through a war.
Impossible standards and poor self-understanding are making us miserable.
If you think you know what sex, gender, and "the right thing to do" for trans youth and adults are, be sure it agrees with actual science.
“Uitwaaien” is a popular activity around Amsterdam—one believed to have important psychological benefits.
Neuroscientists and artists alike are making the case that we could transform the world through psychedelics.
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Your brain isn’t wired for happiness — but you can change that, explains Yale scientist Laurie Santos.
John Templeton Foundation
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No, emotions don’t happen TO you. Here’s what happens instead.
Emotion dysregulation has been linked to unhealthy risk-taking, relationship challenges, and negative physical health outcomes.
Meditation can put you in a wiser relationship with life.
The hallucinations that characterize schizophrenia may be due to a "reality threshold" that is lower than it should be.
Claims of a "loneliness epidemic" aren't based on robust data. Loneliness might be a problem, but it's not worse than it was in the past.