Mental Health
Pharmaceutical companies are shaking: Israeli pharma company with breakthrough development
PsyRx develops a treatment to speed antidepressant effects using controlled ibogaine. Prof. Grutto: "We need solutions that grasp the medical urgency."
How to open yourself to feedback and personal growth
Artificial intelligence: A tool for engineering consciousness or a healing aid?- opinion
Does time heal everything? What you don’t know about grief – and what truly comforts
Straight to the front line: Mental health workers prepared life-saving kits at Agit Medtech
Mental health service users at Agit Medtech prepared hundreds of thousands of life-saving kits for the IDF and received a certificate of appreciation: “Zionism in action”.
Facing the reality slap: coping when life doesn’t go as planned - opinion
The concept of the reality slap spoke to me as soon as I read the line “a serious illness.” It has since helped provide context as to why the last year has been so tough for me.
Jerusalem doctor uses bird photos to comfort PTSD and elderly patients
The birds, in their movement between ground and sky, presence and vulnerability, emanate the possibility of freedom that can inspire patients.
Noninvasive magnetic brain stimulation offers new hope for PTSD patients
A Tel Aviv University study suggests noninvasive brain stimulation may reduce intrusive memories in people with PTSD.
Anchored in the Earth: The theraputic farm helping Israel's combat veterans
Now in its second year, the initiative serves approximately 60 veterans across four cohorts, providing a structured path toward healing and reintegration through farm-based therapeutic work.
Israel experiences 150% more investments in mental health, $352 million in startup funding in 2025
Since October 7, Israel's mental health startup sector has been growing non-stop, showing the need for a nationwide plan to address the mental health crisis in the country.
KeepOlim: supporting olim where the system falls short
What began as an online community soon evolved into KeepOlim, a registered nonprofit now serving nearly 48,000 members across Israel.
Two years into the war: One in every five calls to ERAN is from a child or adolescent
Behind the harsh data lies ongoing anxiety, cut-short childhoods, and parents striving to stay emotionally steady.
France's National Assembly approves banning under-15s from social media
President Emmanuel Macron is urging France to follow Australia, whose ban for under-16s on social media platforms including Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube came into force in December.
Neural 'on/off' switch discovery may shed light on sex differences in social behavior
What makes this neural cluster unusual is its binary activity pattern: it is consistently active in females but largely inactive in males, only turning on during major social or reproductive events.