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It's well understood that a difficult childhood can increase the likelihood of mental illness, but according to new research from the...

The more chaotic things get, the harder it is for people with clinical anxiety and/or depression to make sound decisions and to learn...

Anxiety, the most common family of mental illnesses, has been pushed to epic new heights by the COVID-19 pandemic. A report by an...

In training and lectures I often refer to the psychological immune system. This system resides in the emotional brain whose principle...

I was recently looking for some research on a separate project and came across this early pioneering study in language and emotional...

Individuals with many different psychiatric disorders have a higher tendency to choose smaller, immediate rewards over larger, delayed...

Growing evidence shows that the brain's dopamine system, which drives motivation, is directly affected by chronic, low-grade...

Daily cannabis use increased significantly from 2008 to 2016 among those with and without past-month serious psychological distress (SPD)...