Mental Health

Health

This Specific Type of Sleep Could Help Protect You From Dementia

ByAndrée-Ann Baril, Matthew Pase and The Conversation
Health

Scientists Debunk the Idea That Smiling Makes You Happy

ByThe Conversation and Amber Dance
Health

Can Covid-19 Lead to Cognitive Decline? Here’s What the Evidence Actually Shows

ByZiyad Al-Aly and The Conversation
Health

A Psychiatrist Reveals the Human Emotions That Could Halt Longterm Space Travel

ByThe Conversation and Nick Kanas
Health

A Stress Neurobiologist Reveals the Key Thing We Are All Missing For Good Mental Health

ByKnowable Magazine and Tim Vernimmen
Science

15 Years Ago, an Underrated Sci-Fi Show Revealed a Bizarre Truth About the Human Brain

ByTara Yarlagadda

Star Wars: Could therapy have saved Anakin from the Dark side?

ByDais Johnston
Future of Medicine

Psilocybin: For the terminally ill, mushroom legality may come too late

ByMatigan King and Claire Cameron
HORIZONS

Ketamine can treat depression — but teletherapy could make it accessible

ByNick Hilden
Inverse Recommends

You need to watch the best apocalypse movie ever for free online ASAP

ByRafael Motamayor
Detox

Can men get postpartum depression? Experts and dads reveal the truth

ByKatie MacBride
Interview

'Psychonauts 2' developers reveal how they made a feel-good nightmare

ByTomas Franzese
The Superhero Issue

Superhero Therapy: How one Chernobyl survivor is helping Ukrainians today

ByOlga Alexandru
Culture

Sad Dads: The battle to recognize postpartum depression in new fathers

ByThe Editors of Fatherly

Patrick Radden Keefe interview: "They wanted permission to be able to market [OxyContin] to kids"

ByKatie MacBride
NTA or YTA?

Am I the Asshole? Why Reddit's favorite question is more popular than ever

ByEmma Magnus
longform

Inside a Covid-19 support group, where a long-haul future is faced head-on

ByAli Pattillo
know yourself

Male infertility increasing? Causes, treatments, and how to take care of your mental health

ByKatie MacBride
just breathe

A quarantine brain hack could also help fight climate change

ByAlex Tzelnic
Longreads

66 years ago, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous tried LSD — and ignited a controversy still raging today

ByKatie MacBride
Hit the trail

The ultimate guide to winter hiking for a busy mind: 5 essential tips

ByStephen J. Bronner
STRATEGY

Does mindfulness change the brain? Research fractures structural hypothesis

ByAli Pattillo
Don't Panic

Ted Lasso's focus on therapy is its greatest gift

ByKatie MacBride

Prince Harry's therapy on Apple TV+ gets right one vital truth about trauma

ByKatie MacBride
Longform

In wildfire country, PTSD dominates burned-out communities: “Nothing could go back to normal.”

ByTara Yarlagadda
Detox

The one vasectomy side-effect men don’t expect

ByKatie MacBride
FF7 Week

'FF7’s best character taught me to be kind in a cruel world

ByCasey David Muir-Taylor
Detox

Questioning masculinity can make you happier and smarter

ByKatie MacBride
Detox

Jason Kander quit a mayoral election because of PTSD. More men can follow his lead.

ByKatie MacBride
Feature

The torment of misophoniacs: The wild science of people who hate the sound of chewing

ByJess Thomson
Feature

'Malignant' explained: What horror gets wrong about imaginary friends

ByAndy Crump
Mind and Body

Why is everyone getting sick right now? How Covid lockdowns may affect our immune systems

ByMiriam Fauzia
Gamer Pride

"Toxic online mentality": Trans employees of Activision Blizzard speak

ByDais Johnston
Detox

Male infertility: 3 insights men say they wish knew before their diagnosis

ByKatie MacBride
Future of Mental Health

Smartphones May Hold The Key To America's Mental Health Crisis

ByMiriam Fauzia
Feature

The biological reason Shakespeare can treat PTSD

ByStav Dimitropoulos
The Rules of Time Travel

5 years ago, 'Happy Death Day' did one revolutionary thing no time-travel movie had done before

ByWill Ashton
Mind and Body

Will Dry January really help you cut back on alcohol? It’s complicated

ByKatie MacBride
Womp womp

Seasonal affective disorder: 8 science-backed therapies to try

ByJennifer Walter
It's ok to be not ok

Compassion Fatigue: What it is and how to fight it

ByJoAnna Wendel
Brain training

5 best exercises to boost brain health

ByRobin Bea
Mind and Body

3 supplements that boost the brain more than others

ByAli Pattillo
Guide to gratitude

A scientist explains 4 ways to kickstart gratitude

ByEmma Betuel
Get off the couch

6 ways that exercise improves your brain

ByJoAnna Wendel
Mental Health

Look: Adorable therapy dogs help stressed-out first responders

ByJordan Golson
Fear Quiz

How much do you know about the science of fear?

ByJoAnna Wendel
Science & Chill

5 Netflix nature documentaries that will get you through winter

ByAli Pattillo
The great outdoors

It's a scientific fact: Spending time outside can improve mental health

ByJoAnna Wendel
Spooky Season

How to calm those post-scary-movie jitters

ByJoAnna Wendel
Alcohol

10 effects alcohol has on the brain

ByJoAnna Wendel