depression

Stanford researchers identify five different types of anxiety, each correlating with the activation of different brain networks.

When a ‘Rick and Morty’ fan recently tweeted at Dan Harmon asking how to deal with depression, it didn’t take him long to reply.

There is no blueprint for how humans deal with grief and the death of a loved one. But Ariel Levy has some helpful insight as to how to begin the process.

For teens, finding help alone can prove all but impossible. But is mental health skewed towards the white, young, and affluent? The need for a simple method to help these teens is clear, and urgent.

In this new study, mindfulness-based intervention in schools did not move the needle on teen anxiety, depression, or body image problems.

A new study explains why some people seem to be better than others at ridding their minds of intrusive thoughts.

The big, unknowable questions in life are seductive, but without small, trivial questions as insulation, those large mysteries can consume us.

A supervised learning algorithm can predict clinical depression much earlier and more accurately than trained health professionals.

These findings fit in with an overarching evolutionary theory on loneliness.

Scientists realize that fish are sentient and intelligent, though unfortunately, they also get depressed.

A new study shows that psilocybin can “reset” the brain and put depression in the rear-view mirror. 

It’s the 1st observed psychedelic-caused molecular changes inside human neural tissue.

A new study shows that people who avoid negative emotion tend to be worse off psychologically, while those who accept bad feelings report higher well-being.

A study from Florida State University sheds light on the sudden urge some people feel to jump from a high place.

Health psychologist Kelly McGonigal discusses a three-step process to shift your mindset when anxiety creeps in.

Researchers find the drug least likely to send you to emergency room.

What does Robert Sapolsky—an “utter, complete, atheist”—think about the persistence of magical thinking in our modern world?

As medicine’s interest in psychedelic drugs increases,will a shamanistic brew join your therapist’s list of go to prescriptions? 

For the first time, the World Health Organization has declared a new mental illness to be the leading cause of disability around the world.  

A recent study suggests Ph.D. students are more likely to develop common psychiatric disorders.

Studies and trials point to the potential of a rave drug becoming the newest antidepressant medication in decades.

A “new” field of medicine called chronotherapy demonstrates that following nature’s cycles, as our ancestors did, is integral to proper biological and cognitive function.

We know there’s a gut-brain connection, but just how deep does it go? Could we treat depression just by adopting a particular diet?

We’re in an epidemic of mental illness and in an epidemic of misinformation about mental illness. The myth that America is “overmedicated” regarding antidepressants only furthers the stigma that stops people from seeking help.

Animal-assisted therapy is increasingly being used nowadays. But does this practice make an impact?   

Researchers find more evidence of the link between social media use by young adults and depression.

New studies from NYU and John Hopkins University show the effectiveness of psilocybin in treating depression and anxiety of cancer patients. 

A rash of teen idols, singers, actors, and actresses have all come out recently detailing their struggles.   

A study of close to 20,000 men provides some stark conclusions on the relationship between male sexism and mental health. 

Neuroscientists now think of the gut as a “second brain”; it independently controls your digestive processes and is in constant conversation with your main brain. What do they talk about? Depression, theorizes Dr Emeran Mayer.