Navigating Emotional Waters

Cognitive behavioural therapy has created interventions that truly help people to change. Here are the best of them

Learn how to answer the naysayers in your mind

Hey, Captain and Co. I spent the past two years of my life being really depressed (and, honestly, who knows how long before that — I was only diagnosed last year, but I’ve felt pretty a…

In honor of World Mental Health Day, let's talk mental health solutions.

Have you've been putting off something you'd like to accomplish? This may help you get past the fear and self-doubt that lead to procrastination.

Approximately two in five adults (39 percent) who have experienced major depression are able to achieve complete mental health. Researchers consider complete mental health as occurring when people achieve almost daily happiness or life satisfaction, positive social and psychological well-being, and are also free of depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and substance abuse for at least one full year.

Be curious about your pain and you'll find that though it may not be optional, the pain of your reaction is. Learn how meditation can quell suffering and pain.

Living with depression is hard. Period. But you’re doing the best you can. So, the next time you have a day where it feels like depression and your bed are winning, be gentle with yourself — and consider these tips.

Every year, psychologists publish a staggering amount of research—it’s impossible to read it all. Still, I gave it a shot—and here are the six papers I found most fascinating. “Estimating the Reproducibility of Psychological Science,” from Science This paper isn’t really a study; it’s the outcome of an important movement in the field of psychology.

71U031 is part 1 of Gregory Bateson's 1971 lecture on consciousness and psychopathology.

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Upbeat moods spread through social networks but depression does not, scientists have found

The rich array of microbiota in our intestines can tell us more than you might think.

Do you ever worry about not being worried? Struggles can give us a sense of identity and we bond over them, but if we connected over joy instead?

It's no secret that reading is good for you. Just six minutes of reading is enough to reduce stress by 68%, and numerous studies have shown that reading keeps your brain functioning effectively as you age. One study even found that elderly…

Millions believe depression is caused by 'serotonin deficiency,' but where is the science in support of this theory?

Is it time for a new paradigm in mental health? Are non-drugs, like virgin coconut oil, a safter and more effective alternative to stress and depression?