Teen and family psychologist Barbara Greenberg, PhD, of Fairfield, Connecticut recently wrote about the popular reality show “The Golden Bachelor” in Psychology Today. “Both friends and clients were buzzing about this show, […]
The popularity of these videos is indicative of a larger emotional crisis.
Across liberal democracies and nations, like the U.S., that are sliding out of the democratic zone, autocrats are weaponizing our most divisive emotions. In "Anger, Fear, Domination," William A. Galston offers a guide to how these passions spread and what it takes to keep them from overwhelming us.
Ye (Kanye West) issues a formal apology for 2025's extremist actions, citing a 2002 brain injury and bipolar mania. Some experts and fans remain skeptical.
How books on teens with mental illness help destigmatize and educate us.
"The Factory of Maladies,” a memoir by Deborah Hartung, is a gripping account of being locked up in a San Francisco psychiatric ward.
Music therapy has helped children in the archipelago recover from natural disasters. But the work needs more support.
Over the past 20 years, one state after another has shuttered its youth prisons and stopped prosecuting kids as adults, slashing the number of children locked in cages by a stunning 75%. This new book tells the story of how a coalition of parents, activists, and prison officials brought a destructive institution to its knees.
Families and cartoon characters discuss mental health in a new PBS Kids show from Tyler Coe.
Such alliances can provide LGBTQ+ students safe, welcoming places to connect
Introducing a new occasional series on ICE and mental health from MindSite News.
Art and play therapy is helping migrant children in Mexico City process complex trauma.
Hyeseung Song tackles head on the expectations she faced growing up and the journey she had to make to find her self-worth.
As a psychoanalyst, Alice Feller had a close-up view of the deterioration of mental health care in California. Her new book seeks to change that.
More physicians are doing“social prescribing” to help their patients reap the physical and mental health gains from art and nature therapy, movement, volunteering and community ties.
Author Clancy Martin writes about his own struggles with attempted suicide and includes his best reframing advice-- live another day, and then another.
Some women who consume hours of true crime shows and podcasts have reported suffering from hypervigilance or a reluctance to leave the house.
Jami Nakamura Lin has written a rich, exquisitely illustrated memoir that expands the cultural narrative on mental illness and grief.
Dr. Stevan Weine talks about his recent book on how poet Allen Ginsberg's writings helped change psychiatry for the better.
The popular HBO series, which ended in 2023, examined intergenerational trauma along with the worst kind of horrible bosses and conniving colleagues.
What role should medications play in the treatment of psychosis and other types of severe mental illness?
The comedy series "Shrinking" is a runaway hit, but many psychologists say its message about therapy is fatally flawed.
