“As human beings, we want a sense of agency and choice around our own lives. We experience that internal distress as we see it getting taken away."

When you're literally acting for an invisible audience every day, it's easy to get caught up in observing yourself rather than experiencing life.

The research uses evidence of mental health decline among climate change survivors to debunk the myth linking trauma and resilience.

Recognizing the emotional ordeal, the court noted that continuing with the pregnancy “would have a deleterious impact on her mental health.”

Amid a brewing mental health crisis, the new law will help eliminate the financial burden of needing doctors’ notes to get a day off.

We have been conditioned to perceive men who don't express outward emotions -- except under the influence of alcohol or in intimate settings -- as "strong" and "tough."

"It’s hard to say whether the Covid19 crisis has made us more empathetic in the long-term. But what’s undeniable is this: 2020 has revealed the importance and strength of empathy in our day-to-day interactions."

MDMA-assisted psychotherapy has been shown to produce positive results in people who don’t respond to traditional forms of trauma treatment.

The movie's undoing lies in denying mental health subjects the sensitivity they deserve.

New research explains individuals experiencing loneliness use maladaptive emotional regulation tactics, which may sometimes make matters worse.

A "happiness curriculum" could be useful in mitigating the pandemic's impact on the mental health of students.

A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore.

The stigma around drugs in India also impacts how some mental health professionals perceive drugs, and prevents people from being honest with their therapists about using them.

"[People] have to bear with such a bad quality of life, when a simple diagnosis and an even simpler treatment can change that.”

The findings represent the "Papageno effect," in which mass media plays a constructive role in preventing suicides.

“It's almost like institutionalized violence in a way, where you are reinforcing the notions of the society in the therapeutic context,” an expert notes.

After some "major fights and panic attacks... I realized that honesty is not the best policy with my controlling and traditional mother."

Past traumatic experiences -- in addition to lack of food, and repeated sexual and physical torture in jails -- were found to be major causes.