It’s a sobering problem: in 2017, the US alone saw over 47,000 preventable suicide deaths. That same year, suicide was the cause of death...

It’s estimated that some 40 million American adults have an anxiety disorder, and the condition is also rising among children and teens, w...

Last week, we talked about a study suggesting that listening to a Bach sonata boosts the effectiveness of a painkiller. Today, it’s more ...

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As if depressed or anxious people needed another thing to worry about, a new study from UC San Francisco suggests that depression and anx...

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Good news for those of you who make it a point to stay physically active: a recent experiment may suggest that regular exercise decreases...

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As the first week of the year draws to a close, you may find yourself reassessing those New Year’s resolutions. Is this really the year y...

Hollywood doesn’t have the best track record portraying mental illness. From the harmless, almost charmingly quirky weirdos of Benny and ...

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Let’s say you’re a sleep pro. You’ve learned the key role of REM cycles in encoding new memories, and the troubling statistics linking ti...

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StartFragment Suicide: the word itself is sobering. In the U.S., there are 38,000 suicides a year. This makes it one of the top ten cause...