The anesthetic ketamine is being hailed as a breakthrough therapy for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), treatment-resistant depression and other mood disorders.

Defensive pessimism is a strategy that is used to deal with fear and is often part of a nihilistic worldview. Existentialism offers a better and more realistic alternative.

Researchers identified two brain areas in mice that helped the animals learn to suppress their instinctive fears of predators ...

Getting stuck in a negative loop is part of many mental health disorders. A new therapy focuses more on these thought patterns than the thoughts themselves.

Nearly one million Israelis with symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, depression, or some combination of the three will seek mental ...

Understanding the neural circuits that drive anxiety may help researchers discover circuit-specific targets and therefore increase the precision of treatment strategies.

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The 25-year-old is now semi-conscious in hospital, unable to move or speak, and can only track things with her eyes ...

Home Remedies for Migraine Pain: Dietary Precautions – Avoid spicy food. – Reduce salt intake. – Increase consumption of fresh fruits and green vegetables. – Avoid tea, coffee, and cold drinks. – ...

People with treatment-resistant depression can now take Spravato's ketamine-derived nasal spray as a standalone treatment.

If your chest pain is found to be related to anxiety, then you can work with a therapist or doctor to learn coping techniques or determine the best treatment for you. Identifying anxiety as the ...