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Self-destructive thoughts spawned by adverse childhood experiences greatly increase risk for suicide attempts. Learnable protective factors and early trauma interventions offer great hope for suicide ...

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A string of cloudy days may look harmless, but it robs the body of natural vitamin D and chips away mental health. What does ...

People who felt like the black sheep of the family growing up form lifelong habits as a result of never feeling like they fit ...

That’s the key takeaway from a new study by researchers at the University of Florida, who found that certain lifestyle habits ...

Perhaps it has happened to you before: at the exact moment when you should have cried, sympathized, or remained serious, you ...

Network analysis highlights the strong, central roles of depression, anxiety, and pain disability in chronic musculoskeletal pain, forming a dense, interconnected psychological network.

A new analysis reveals a direct link between socioeconomic standing and the body’s stress response. Feeling lower in rank due ...

For years, virtual reality (VR) has been used in pain management for hospitalized adults and children, to take their minds ...

Researchers at Penn Medicine have identified specific brain circuits that are impacted by psilocybin—the active compound ...

New research shows that psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, can reduce both chronic pain and pain-related depression by modulating brain circuits rather than acting at the site ...