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Mental Health
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.
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.
Striking differences in the composition of the gut microbiome suggest that fermented food could help those suffering from anorexia.
The discovery has enormous implications for the development of novel anti-anxiety medications.
More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.
Nagomi helps us find balance in discord by unifying the elements of life while staying true to ourselves.
Forget these scientific myths to better understand your brain and yourself.
Journaling helped Marcus Aurelius cultivate the emotional intelligence necessary to steer Rome through turbulent times.
A study shows that the brains of lonely individuals respond in odd ways to visual stimuli, while those of non-lonely people react similarly.
To understand Vincent van Gogh, we must first debunk the myth of the tortured artist. Van Gogh believed his illness inhibited his creativity.
The lack of friendship is particularly a problem for men. But there are easy ways to make friends.
Treating “oniomania” or compulsive buying disorder is about protecting your finances as well as your mental health.
Million Stories
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy utilizes a non-ordinary state of consciousness to heal.
Long-term research efforts have revealed alarming mental health trends.
Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.