Mental Health

Stories on anxiety, stress and depression.

Departments

Mental Health Mission

Ricardo Muñoz, ’72, wants to ‘give psychology away’ worldwide.

by Summer Moore Batte

All Right Now

Of Two Minds

We’re eager to reenter regular, post-pandemic life. Then again, we’re scared to. Here’s how to put the risks into perspective.

by Charity Ferreira

Advice

How to Be Resilient

Setbacks happen. It’s how you bounce back that counts.

by Rebecca Beyer

Farm Report

To Dose or Not to Dose?

Using MRIs and patient histories to predict if antidepressants will work.

Features

What, Me Worry?

The dangers of chronic stress are well-known. But not all stress is bad, researchers say. And they are beginning to spread the word that we should stop stressing so much about stress.

by Kristin Sainani

Features

Mind Over Misery

Medication and traditional talk therapy don t work for a lot of people suffering from depression and anxiety. What does work, as decades of good results have shown, are the techniques used by psychiatrist David Burns, whose best-selling books and influential mentoring have changed the lives of millions.

by Robert L. Strauss