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."

Beer, Depression, Alcoholism.
Puzzle with missing pieces, with the words, "I was wrong," in the middle.

How to open yourself to feedback and personal growth

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Artificial intelligence: A tool for engineering consciousness or a healing aid?- opinion

Clichés about grief create pressure, guilt and loneliness

Does time heal everything? What you don’t know about grief – and what truly comforts


Reasons to be cheerful: How some Israelis find relief for the soul and body during the war

In the aftermath of October 7, 2023, a number of Israelis managed to find some desperately needed solace in all manner of “alternative” pursuits.

ZACHI DEVASH – a one-man street theater performer.

Far from over: Released Gaza hostages begin road to recovery

Many of the additional hostages are expected to be released in the coming days.

Released hostage Nimrod Cohen arrives to Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv, October 13, 2025.

After the testimonies of the hostages: What do two years of complete isolation do to the mind?

Released captives Ariel Cunio and Avinatan Or said they were held alone for two years. How does one survive such captivity, and what does it do to the soul?

Ariel Cunio, who was held alone throughout his entire captivity

‘We are here to accompany you’: Inside IDF mental health reception of hostages

The returning hostages operation was built on dignity, calm, and precision, explained IDF mental health officers in charge, with the core principle being the “beginning of healing” for the families.

Maj. (res.) Yossi Mitz manages ATAL’s northern branch.

From combat to recovery: What Israel owes its soldiers - opinion

More than half of the 20,000 soldiers wounded since the October 7 massacre are struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or other mental health challenges.

IDF soldiers prepare their weapons on a tank at a temporary army base opposite the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.

Hebrew University study discovers hidden mental health risks for youth during war

This vulnerability materialized under conditions of mass trauma – empathy was not linked to distress in regular times.

ELEVATED EMOTIONAL connection among people who have suffered in which one person’s emotions are felt and understood by another without explicit explanation could increase vulnerability to personal distress.

Mental health pandemic: Israel needs more psychologists for the public - opinion

The state must now prepare a multi-year plan that will ensure the number of psychologists required to treat the public.

A depressed woman

The new Diaspora divide: The Oct. 7 split and its psychosocial impact on American Jews

Part I, The United States experience: How national context shapes the post-Oct. 7 Jewish response.

SHOWING UP for Israel in Washington, DC.

A mindful Sukkot: Finding peace in the present moment

As you step into the sukkah, or pause anywhere in your day, may you discover that joy is not distant or elusive. It is here, waiting, in the present moment.

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The battlefield does not end at the fence: Taking care of IDF soldiers' mental health

Each life lost to suicide is one too many; every effort must be made to prevent the next.

An Israeli soldier whose leg was shattered by a grenade uses crutches as he walks along a corridor of Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.