mental health

We can no longer approach the news as passive consumers.

It could explain why so many people don’t respond to common antidepressants.

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.

A study involving nearly 2,000 people found links between personality traits and the likelihood of moving toward or away from dementia.

Daydreaming can be a pleasant pastime, but people who suffer from maladaptive daydreaming are trapped by their fantasies.

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.”

“It is healthy and normal to be afraid of death.”

Since 2012, the amount of time that teenagers spend socializing in person has plummeted. Is it a coincidence that depression is more common?

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.

“Human connection is as threatened by unhealthy peace as it is by unhealthy conflict.” —Priya Parker

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.

“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.

Your brain isn’t wired for happiness — but you can change that, explains Yale scientist Laurie Santos.

Philosophers Massimo Pigliucci and Greg Lopez discuss how Stoicism can help us gain perspective on our emotions and act with intention in the world.

A part of human nature needs to be challenged and feel strong. Today, we fulfill that need with “surrogate activities.”

Memory, responsibility, and mental maturity have long been difficult to describe objectively, but neuroscientists are starting to detect patterns. Coming soon to a courtroom near you?

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.

De-urbanized lifestyles can be aligned with basic Taoist principles — and remote workers are starting to feel the connection.

Striking differences in the composition of the gut microbiome suggest that fermented food could help those suffering from anorexia.

More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.