Symptoms of schizophrenia and related disorders likely arise from a perplexing interplay of social, environmental, psychological, and...
Mental Health
Mental health history examines how societies have understood psychological distress and human well-being. Explore changing treatments and the experiences of people who lived with mental illness.
James Stewart and Donna Reed in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA By Dr. Dan Romer /...
Even Santa can get worn out, which can lead to getting the blues. / Photo by Stokkete   ...
A toy truck left at a tombstone in a Montreal cemetery. Marc Bruxelle/Shutterstock.com By Dr. Jenna Drenten /...
Could understanding canine compulsions help find new treatments for people with obsessive–compulsive disorders too? By Shayla Love /...
Out of the blue, Vanessa Potter lost her sight. As she recovered, her senses mingled – hearing and touch...
By Gilbert Ross / 11.24.2017 How to Bounce Back from Adversity Everything in life is in constant...
By Mark Manson / 11.23.2017 Learning to Transmute Our Sufferings A poor, black female in the segregated...
By Jacob Devaney / 11.21.2017 Master Your Fear of Failure None of us enjoy a smack-down from...
Does living at a higher altitude affect your mental health? VAndreas/shutterstock.com By Dr. Hoehun Ha / 11.05.2017 Assistant...
pimchawee By Dr. Jean Twenge / 11.14.2017 Professor of Psychology San Diego State University Around 2012, something...
By Dr. Emma Barrett and Dr. Nathan Smith / 10.30.2017 Barrett: Research Fellow in Psychology, Lancaster University...
Harvard study, almost 80 years old, has proved that embracing community helps us live longer, and be...
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate II, Engraved by Bernard Baron, 1745 / Wellcome Library By Dr. Anna Katharina Schaffner /...
Confucius sculpture, Nanjing, China. Kevinsmithnyc, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA By Dr. Alexus McLeod / 10.30.2017 Associate Professor of...
A pair of identical twins. The one on the right has OCD, while the one on the...
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. Detail. Bronze. 160-170s. Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori. By Dr. Robert...
By Tanja Taljaard / 08.28.2017 The Practice of One Thing at a Time Smile, breathe and go slowly....
07.23.2017 he ability to stay positive is one of the first things to go when we’re going...
By Melody Walford / 07.28.2017 Traumatic Memory and How to Heal it Have you ever been told...
By Toko-pa / 07.18.2017 Learn How Your Sadness can Serve You “My mother slept with an axe...
By Heather Plett / 07.05.2017 How You Can REALLY Help When my mom was dying of cancer,...
What effect does longing have? Is it a useful psychological tool or a perilous trapping? / Photo...
Stephen Hinshaw explores what it meant to be raised by a father with psychosis—and how that experience...
By Patricia Alves / 05.26.2017 When I decided to go to Southeast Asia, one thing I wanted...
06.22.2017 Rewire Your Brain for Inner Peace Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment....
By Mark DeNicola / 04.28.2017 I remember it like it was yesterday. It was the middle of...
An electroconvulsive therapy machine is seen at an exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London in 2012....
By Dr. Jamie Smolen / 12.15.2016 Associate Professor of Medicine University of Florida For many, the holidays...
By Lori Deschene / 12.07.2016 How You Can Help the People You Love When They Need It...