This category focuses on mental health, emotional balance, and psychological resilience. Articles explore practical approaches to wellbeing, stress management, and sustaining mental health in everyday life, work, and community settings.
Neurodivergent is a term being used more and more lately, but what does it mean? It might sound synonymous with mental health issues or intellectual disabilities, but it’s not. Because no two brains are the same, there’s no real definition…
Although most of us experience worry every once in a while, people with anxiety disorders will feel this restlessness during everyday events to the point that it disrupts their daily lives (via Mayo Clinic). They will feel nervous and tense…
Postpartum mood disorders are fairly common, affecting 13% of people who give birth in the United States, according to a survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Screening for depressive symptoms both before and after childbirth is…
Although it’s natural to double-check your house before leaving or make sure your hands are clean, people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have recurring thoughts that drive them to repeat certain behaviors. These intrusive thoughts and behaviors can consume a good…
In July of 2024, the 1-800-273-TALK number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline was shortened to three digits in order to help make the service more accessible and more easily memorized by callers (via Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services…
While the history of recreational sex is wrought with imposed feelings of taboo and shame, in today’s modern world many cultures celebrate sex — even encouraging participants’ enjoyment of it. And why shouldn’t they? This phenomenon is known as post-coital…
It’s a sad truth: The things we don’t understand we tend to judge most harshly. A look at human history will undoubtedly show you how dangerous this tendency can be. In the United States, nearly 10% of adults are diagnosed…
Whether you’re at work or a family get-together, there’s probably one person who controls the emotional tone. Family gatherings might be influenced by a strong-willed mother or a conservative grandfather. Psychologists call it “emotional contagion” because it works in the…
Experts predict cancer cases in the U.S. will continue to rise in the coming decades. Across Denmark and Sweden, researchers from a new study published in JAMA Network Open compared more than 546,000 spouses of patients with cancer and over…
Some people have an irrational fear of spiders, commonly referred to as arachnophobia. Others may have an extreme fear of clowns (coulrophobia), tight spaces (claustrophobia) or even heights (acrophobia), according to Medical News Today. Does the sight of a sponge…