Mental HealthApril 1, 2019
A Three-Hour Fix for Phobia, a Four-Day Therapy for OCD
Brief but intensive treatments are proving to be effective for many anxiety disorders
Mental Health
Mental HealthMarch 27, 2019
Scenic City Sights Linked to Higher Happiness
Tracking the location and mood of 15,000 people, researchers found that scenic beauty was linked to happiness—including near urban sights like bridges and buildings. Christopher Intagliata reports.
JOIN US ON THE MONARCH MIGRATION. LEARN MORE.
MedicineMarch 21, 2019
A Common Anesthetic Could Ease PTSD and Other Stress Disorders
Propofol reduces the intensity of traumatic memories
MedicineMarch 6, 2019
FDA Approves Esketamine, the First Major Depression Treatment to Reach U.S. Market in Decades
Nasal spray related to the anesthetic/street drug ketamine targets treatment-resistant patients
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?
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
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