A global study co-led by researchers from the University of Queensland and Harvard Medical School and published in The Lancet Psychiatry has found one in two people will develop a mental health…
Are You Having an Existential Crisis?
Source: Eetum / Istock Everything has been figured out, except how to live. –Jean Paul Sartre Source: Eetum / Istock Søren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher who is considered to be the…
Long Live Travel Fever |
For some, a fear of enclosed spaces presents an obstacle to travel Source: Andrew Stevenson Travel is fraught with potential fears, anxieties, worries and phobias. But how are these distinct from one…
Apple’s New iPhone Can Track Your Mood
Don Kaveen / Unsplash Apple’s new “State of Mind” feature in the Health app is more than a tech update; it’s Apple’s foray into helping us understand our emotions. Beyond tracking physical…
Medicating Normal: A Film Probes the Harm of Psychotropics
Pill and more pills. Source: Zarina Lukash/Shutterstock Do physicians, and now prescribing nurses, need to sign an informed consent form before prescribing a psychoactive medication? In addition to the consent form patients…
Disappointing Summer? 5 Steps for a Better Autumn
Source: 123RF stock image ID:122373997 photog: dtiberio “This hasn’t felt like a real summer,” said Tifani*. “My kids were little during Covid, so this is the first year that they’ve had a…
What Are the Benefits of Listening to Binaural Beats?
Photo by Apostolos Vamvouras on Unsplash Cowritten by Charlie Huntington and Tchiki Davis. Binaural beats are what happens when two equally loud sounds, at just slightly different frequencies (or tones), are presented…
A Brief History of Psychobiotics
“We define a psychobiotic as a live organism that, when ingested in adequate amounts, produces a health benefit in patients suffering from psychiatric illness.” – John Cryan, Ted Dinan, and Catherine Stanton,…
How Mindfulness Builds Belonging |
Source: Mountain Highland / StockSnap This year, Harvard University inaugurated the Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health with a $25 million endowment and a mission to pursue, among other…
The Importance of Nature in Our Lives
AnetFou / Pixabay You may have heard the term “ecopsychology” before, or perhaps you haven’t, but it’s a concept that impacts our lives whether we’re aware of it or not. Ecopsychology was…