Psychiatry

Psychodynamic therapy has been caricatured as navel-gazing, but studies show powerful benefits

Children who receive unequal treatment are more likely to grow into depressed adults

Letters to the editor about the July/August 2010 issue of Scientific American MIND

Generosity is sometimes unwelcome

If your status update was "I'm so glamorous," you might not really think much of yourself

Although we rarely remember our nighttime reveries, they may hold the key to consciousness

The brain recognizes food-based illusions on multiple levels

A recent review advises us to beware of the gender differences found in brain-imaging studies. Christie Nicholson reports

Recent findings suggest novel paths to treatment

Psychologist Liz Dunn spoke with us from the PopTech conference in Camden, Maine, about the link between greed and long-term health. Christie Nicholson reports