Mental Health
What if a Pill Can Change Your Politics or Religious Beliefs?
A new mental health treatment using the psychedelic compound psilocybin raises questions about medicine and values
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Behavior
The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Changing Our Dreams
Anxiety about social distancing and infection is altering how much we dream and the nature of our dreams themselves
Mental Health
Another Tragic Epidemic: Suicide
Suicide rates have been rising for two decades in the U.S. Will the pandemic make things worse?
Mental Health
In The Midst Of The Pandemic, Loneliness Has Leveled Out
Studies suggest that we are finding ways to connect even amid quarantine
Mental Health
Dampening of the Senses Is Linked to Dementia Risk
A decline in smell was the sense loss most strongly associated with such risk in a recent study. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Public Health
How to Evaluate COVID-19 News without Freaking Out
Disinformation expert Carl Bergstrom gives tips on how to stay calm and make sense of pandemic news
Fitness
How Your Homes and Buildings Affect You
Journalist and author Emily Anthes talks about her book The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness.
Behavior
Sleep Paralysis and the Monsters Inside Your Mind
Research suggests that cultural beliefs about the phenomenon may make it more terrifying to experience
Mental Health
The Power of Psychedelics
They worked for my depression. Could they be the future of psychiatry?
Behavior
The Biggest Psychological Experiment in History Is Running Now
What can the pandemic teach us about how people respond to adversity?
Fitness
How Nature Helps Body and Soul
Journalist and author Florence Williams talks about her book The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier and More Creative.
Mental Health
COVID-19 Worsens Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder—but Therapy Offers Coping Skills
The pandemic has heightened OCD phobias such as fear of germs. Yet some patients say experience with anxiety, and treatment for it, gives them an advantage
Mental Health
To Process Grief over COVID-19, Children Need Empathetic Listening
The pandemic creates both a need and an opportunity to help kids deal with difficult emotions
Mental Health
Mental Health after COVID-19
In the wake of the pandemic, there will be an even greater need for help in the face of loss, isolation and trauma
Mental Health
Roots of Mental Illness
Researchers are beginning to untangle the common biology that links supposedly distinct psychiatric conditions
Mental Health
Helping Kids Cope with COVID-19 Worries
The psychological state of children may need special attention during COVID-19 impacts and isolation.
Public Health
Zoom Psychiatrists Prep for COVID-19’s Endless Ride
An epidemiologist points to new stresses in the U.S. mental health system that may persist from the novel coronavirus pandemic
Cognition
How to Keep COVID-19 Conspiracies Contained
An expert on climate denial offers tips for inoculating people against coronavirus conspiracy notions.
Public Health
A Monday Is a Tuesday Is a Sunday as COVID-19 Disrupts Internal Clocks
A global natural experiment examines the time warp of life under quarantine
Mental Health
Why Oxytocin Is Incredible and How to Get More of It
Here are some cool facts about this amazing hormone and how you can help your brain to release more of it
