Psychiatric medications are widely used in the treatment of mental health conditions. They include antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and other medications used to treat psychiatric ...

For nearly a decade, I was consumed by a shame I could not name and so could not master. I understand now that it was the shame of a sick man who did not know he was sick. I knew only its crushing ...

As the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy unfolds in Massachusetts, I keep thinking about a journal I wrote seven years ago. Clancy is on trial for killing her three young children in 2023. Her defense ...

The aim of therapy is often to minimize and reduce—minimize symptoms of depression, anxiety, anger, and other forms of psychological distress, and reduce the impact of harmful behaviors, the ...

Grief surprises me. As someone who lost a parent early in life, I have long been the person people turn to when they’re struggling with loss. So, it’s not other people’s grief that surprises me. That ...

The heartbreaking deaths of three young children in the Lindsay Clancy case have understandably captured national attention. As testimony unfolds, public conversation has largely centered on one ...

Somewhere along the way, singlehood got filed under "problem to be solved." Culturally, we treat it as a deficit state—something you're in until you're not, a stretch of life defined by what's missing ...

Sleep is something that is so foundational for all of us, yet for many, it can be quite elusive. In part one of this blog, I explored an important fundamental shift in the way we think about sleep.

She crossed her arms and refused the drape. What looked like a taste preference turned out to be one of the older findings in ...

Discover how familiar songs activate deep memories, shape our identity over time, and offer comfort through life's changing ...

Any transition means stepping out of our comfort zone. Like the earth constantly in motion, kids and teens face a perpetually high rate of change—especially when back-to-school season comes around.

The preemptive design of social support systems isn’t solely the responsibility of policymakers and community leaders. It is also the responsibility of parents, friends, neighbors, and us as ...