mental health
It's common knowledge that syncing your circadian rhythm to a natural light-dark cycle could improve your health and well-being.
The serotonin theory of depression started to be widely promoted in the 1990s, coinciding with a push to prescribe more SSRIs.
NicoBoard is an app that helps parents make sense of a frightening time.
The modern attention economy hijacks our ability to focus, but an ancient technique offers a means to get it back.
Noradrenaline-targeting drugs, including blood pressure, depression, and ADHD meds, improve Alzheimer's disease symptoms.
Most American men who die by suicide do not have any known history of mental health problems. So, what is to blame?
Symbolic gestures often speak to our psyche in ways no rational action could ever speak to our intellect.
Deaths of despair are skyrocketing in the U.S., while at the same time, they are falling in other wealthy countries. What are we doing wrong?
Digital nomads can fully immerse themselves in their surroundings while advancing their career and stimulating the local economy. But there is one potential downside.
Wearable technology can help increase lifespan by changing what we know about our dietary needs and creating new ways to exercise.
Types of therapy are about as different as the people who use it.
One theory for catatonia is that it is similar to an animal's “death feint.”
Your bites will heal, but will you ever sleep well again after an infestation of bloodsucking parasites?
The plant-like sea creatures contain a molecule that improves memory, learning, and even hair quality, according to a new study in mice.
Your inner voice can be the devil on your shoulder or the angel. It depends on where your focus lies.
One form of domestic abuse involves a parent breaking their child’s connection with the other parent.
An experiment in rats suggests that gene editing may be a treatment for anxiety and alcoholism in adults who were exposed to binge-drinking in their adolescence.
Hoarders know their habits are abnormal, and yet they cannot help themselves. Maybe you can help them.
Data from NASA, ESA, and Roscosmos suggest that long durations in space cause changes in the brain, some of which are linked to vision problems.
To reap the benefits of digital technologies, we must contend with their addictive designs.
A large study links pornography use to decreased sexual performance for men and increased sexual performance for women.
If secrets are a kind of poison, confession is the antidote.
Instead of a mental illness, some research suggests that psychopathy — in moderation — is a reasonable life strategy.
A study involving nearly 2,000 people found links between personality traits and the likelihood of moving toward or away from dementia.
The effects are even worse for women.
Disulfiram is an FDA-approved drug for the treatment of chronic alcoholism. It might also serve as anti-anxiety medication.
A small percentage of people who consume psychedelics experience strange lingering effects, sometimes years after they took the drug.
Behavioral interventions may be better for long-term health.
Much of the discussion began during the pandemic, which really brought mental health issues to the forefront.