Psychology & Psychiatry

In a finding that may reshape how clinicians think about the neural signature of calm in serious mental illness, researchers...

When a religious sister or brother takes a vow of obedience, the promise cuts in both directions: the community member...

Sitting down for hours on end is one of the most common behaviors of modern life, and for the more...

Needlestick injuries remain one of the most persistent occupational hazards in modern healthcare, and a new study published in Discover...

Materialism does not simply flow from parent to child like an inherited trait, according to a new study published in...

More than 6,000 healthcare workers at a major American academic medical center have revealed a stark and troubling picture of...

Demoralization—a psychological state marked by hopelessness, loss of meaning, and a sense of failing to cope—has long been studied in...

A SUNRISE study of 631 Canadian preschoolers found only 29 percent met all 24-hour movement guidelines, with sedentary behavior and...

A study of more than 233,000 U.S. adults finds that lower neighborhood socioeconomic status is linked to poor sleep partly...

When depression and chronic pain arrive together in the same patient, clinicians have long observed that both conditions become harder...