The holiday season arrives with its own mythology. It is supposed to be joyous and sparkling, filled with rituals that bind ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The behavioral health crisis in this country is well-documented and only getting worse. As a result, there is growing impatience for a paradigm shift that moves behavioral health from the periphery to ...

Prolonged, unmanaged stress can contribute to chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, insomnia and depression.

In the tapestry of the human experience, adjustment disorders are threads woven from the challenges and upheavals that life throws our way. These disorders, often underestimated in their impact, can ...

A majority of people with insomnia respond to behavioral and nonpharmacologic methods. When compared with pharmacologic methods, they are at least as efficacious and have the advantage of continued ...

Research shows that parental conflict directly affects children’s mental health. Cummings and Davies (2010) found that ...

Many of us want to regulate ourselves better. But sometimes, when thinking about this, we develop tunnel vision. We might only think of one or two routes that could help us achieve healthy ...

A collaborative study tested 17 strategies in an 'intervention tournament.' Interventions targeting future thinking, such as writing a letter for a child to read in the future, are the most effective ...

Behavioral biases can get in the way of investors' strategies. But financial advisors who understand the psychology behind how people make decisions can help clients identify the emotions that shape ...