Mental HealthMarch 1, 2019
Mania May Be a Mental Illness in Its Own Right
Hundreds of thousands of people experience mania without ever getting depressed. Why does psychiatry insist on calling them bipolar?
Mental Health
EvolutionMarch 1, 2019
Susceptibility to Mental Illness May Have Helped Humans Adapt over the Millennia
Psychiatrist Randolph Nesse, one of the founders of evolutionary medicine, explains why natural selection did not rid our species of onerous psychiatric disorders
The Young American Scientists Issue—Read Now
Mental HealthFebruary 26, 2019
My Patient Was Suicidal, and His Stepfather Wouldn't Remove the Family Gun Collection
How can we do better?
Space & PhysicsFebruary 26, 2019
Who Has "the Right Stuff" for Mars?
Humans traveling to Mars will be required to operate with a degree of autonomy human astronauts have never had, due to communication delays. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Mental HealthFebruary 19, 2019
Should Mental Disorders Have Names?
After nearly a century of effort, psychiatry's best diagnoses leave much to be desired
BehaviorFebruary 14, 2019
7 Beliefs of Emotionally Healthy People
How does our outlook on life, the world, and the future affect our health and well-being?
Mental HealthFebruary 11, 2019
We Can Actually Prevent Depression in Some Cases
Psychological interventions can stave off about 50 percent of new episodes in people at high risk
BehaviorFebruary 5, 2019
Why the Secrets You Keep Are Hurting You
It may not be what you think
OpinionFebruary 4, 2019
The Emotional Toll of Grad School
Mental health disorders and depression are far more likely for grad students than they are for the average American
Mental HealthJanuary 31, 2019
The Emotional Toll of Graduate School
Mental health disorders and depression are far more likely for grad students than they are for the average American
Mental HealthJanuary 28, 2019
When Physicians Need to Ask for Help
I learned during my last year of medical training—the most difficult year of my life—that “going it alone” did not make me stronger
Mental HealthJanuary 17, 2019
Is Cannabis Good or Bad for Mental Health?
The evidence says it can go either way.