2+ hour, 57+ min ago  (752+ words) Psychological development is like a river flowing along its course. From birth, our psychological maturation runs along healthy developmental lines like a river. Unimpeded, the river flows smoothly, ... From River to Stream: How Vulnerability Becomes Illness In psychiatry, genetic vulnerability…...

13+ hour, 38+ min ago  (572+ words) Posted March 1, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Over my 50 years of practice, I've learned that therapy, like most professions, has both limits and strengths. Here's my top-five list of what therapy cannot do. A good therapist can make starting and attending…...

14+ hour, 48+ min ago  (900+ words) Posted March 1, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Yesterday my daughter came home from school with a test result: 61 out of 70. But she was quiet and I knew something was up. I assumed she thought she'd not done well, so started to…...

19+ hour, 14+ min ago  (389+ words) Posted March 1, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch Simple but not easy summarizes the research on resilience and happiness. Beyond the bedrock rights everyone has to basic sustenance and safety, there are no quick fixes and nothing extra to buy. It takes…...

23+ hour, 37+ min ago  (801+ words) Posted March 1, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader According to a national health survey, approximately twice as many women seek help for mental health issues, compared to men. In addition, women are twice as likely to take a prescribed medication for their…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (886+ words) Updated February 28, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch Most of us assume emotions work like this: Something happens " we feel something " we react. An email arrives.Your chest tightens.You feel anxious. A comment is made.You feel hurt.You withdraw. It…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (535+ words) Posted February 28, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley About 12 percent of people experience social anxiety at any given time, and for roughly a third of them, it causes serious impairment. At work, that anxiety can spike because you are already striving to…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (544+ words) Posted February 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills Just as your doctor suggests ways to manage physical pain, there is much you can do to handle emotional pain. Here are six tips to help you: When the doctor asks you to rate…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (414+ words) Posted February 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer Ph.D. The Michigan study found that people who identified as being spiritual or having a strong sense of purpose were more likely to experience sacred moments. This gets back to the idea that expectations…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (507+ words) Updated February 26, 2026 | Reviewed by Ekua Hagan Nearly 75 years ago, in 1952, when positive psychology set off a wave of religiously inspired self-help in the U.S. with the release of Norman Vincent Peale's popular bestseller The Power of Positive Thinking, the psychiatrist and…...