Study: The party drug that relieves resistant depression and suicidal thoughts
A new review in the medical journal JAMA Psychiatry has found that administering ketamine via intravenous infusion may reduce severe depression symptoms within hours.
Mental Health
The shoreline that holds: October 7 post-trauma therapists embark on a healing retreat
Israeli young adults show mental health recovery since October 7, but challenges persist
Silence before speaking: Logotherapy helps process trauma, evil after October 7
The complementary treatment that cancer patients asked to continue even after it ended
A new Israeli study found that a flower arranging workshop helped cancer patients cope with the disease, eliminated pain, reduced stress, and strengthened their sense of connection to life.
The "Madonna–Whore" complex: When a man loves someone but is not attracted to her
Tomer from the reality television show Married at First Sight shared that he suffers from the "Madonna–Whore complex," and hundreds of thousands of viewers wondered what he meant.
How attachment theory can help Israeli parents understand children's behavior
Parenting in crisis: why secure attachment is key to helping children cope with instability and emotional overwhelm.
"I am functioning, but I have no energy for anything": The phenomenon threatening Israelis
For more than two years, Israelis have been living between sirens and continuous uncertainty. Beneath the surface, the phenomenon of resilience fatigue is spreading.
It is not hunger: The real reason you are reaching for the refrigerator
Leah Alster, a clinical dietitian at the obesity clinic in the Endocrine Institute at Meir Medical Center of the Clalit Group, explained that emotional eating is not a malfunction.
Mental health crisis spinning out of control
A global study across 204 countries found that nearly 1.2 billion people lived with a mental disorder in 2023: a surge of 95.5% since 1990, with anxiety and depression leading the increase.
The 4 things that make you age – and you have control over them
For years we have been accustomed to thinking that aging is a natural and inevitable process, but in recent years the field of longevity has offered a completely different perspective.
AI tools can help reduce anxiety and depression symptoms, Israeli study finds
Study finds conversational AI provides strong mental health support and lowers anxiety symptoms.
Study finds five social media posts may shape lasting opinions
The study noted that, rather than evaluating the accuracy of the information presented, social media users tended to trust what was familiar and repeated.
Sometimes healing begins with movement
In my daily encounters with bereaved families, it becomes clear again and again that grief does not remain only in the heart. It is very present in the body as well.
