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Mental Health
End of life patients face mental health challenges uniquely existential and spiritual in nature — but psychedelics are emerging as a possible solution to relieve the suffering.
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.
Pick up the paintbrush and get to work.
About 2.5% of women and 2.2% of men in the U.S. meet the criteria for body dysmorphic disorder.
There's such thing as a healthy sense of pride in oneself and one’s accomplishments.
Depression might be similar to dreaming.
“The Tao of the wise is to work without effort.”
This is your brain on work.
Extreme home environments — either very supportive or harshly negligent — tend to produce more sensitive kids.
Lonely humans will become infatuated with AI-fabricated personas.
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.
There's a link between dark personality traits and breaches of battlefield ethics.
Success is about give and take — with a little more give.
The golden rule of self-compassion: Treat yourself with the same kindness you treat others.
To do more, it sometimes pays to do nothing at all.
Without the time to mentally disengage from work, people can slip into burnout.
Kids are fragile. They should trust their feelings. The world is a battle between good and evil. We should stop repeating these untruths.
For Buddhists, the “Four Noble Truths” offer a path to lasting happiness.
Hundreds of these cannabis-related chemicals now exist, both natural and synthetic, inspiring researchers in search of medical breakthroughs.
Forgetfulness isn't always a "glitch" in our memories; it can be a tool to help us make sense of the present and plan for the future.
A toxicologist explains the impacts of antidepressants on fish — and no, they're not getting any happier.
Researchers watched for signs of withdrawal — but didn't find any.
It is estimated that as many as 488 million people worldwide were exposed to dangerously long working hours in 2016.
When we don't find ways to relieve chronic stress, personal burnout is the likely consequence.
Has the "age of psychopharmacology” shrunk society’s sense of responsibility for mental health?
Millennials are reversing a 40-year decline in stroke deaths.
It may be possible to give people the tools to withstand difficulty before it attaches to them.