Mental Health

The global dearth of providers can be addressed with nontraditional methods of teaching new recruits

School-based interventions that help students regulate their emotions in healthy ways have proved effective at preventing pandemic-related issues

People with the disorder seem to have a more flexible “sense of self”

Who’s caring for the ICU physicians?

That’s at a minimum. The real number could be significantly higher

In a Q&A, loss expert Pauline Boss talks about coping with extreme uncertainty in the wake of a disaster

The universal marker of aging is not always a one-way process

By not making more of an effort to incorporate spirituality in treatment, we are doing a disservice to patients

Awaiting the Derek Chauvin verdict, a singer and actor felt intense anxiety

Recent bombings by Israel have caused more than just physical trauma

Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series: COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the essential developments in the pandemic: from vaccines to new variants and everything in between.

COVID deaths are leaving millions bereaved. For some, the intense grief never recedes, making daily life almost impossible