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Sara McLaren: The 'Good Parent' Trap, or Why Children Benefit When We Make Mistakes Sara McLaren carefully unfolds the idea of "good enough" parenting. At the centre is not perfection...

Dmitry Boldyrev: The Existential Vacuum of the 2020s. Where to Find Meaning When Old Anchors No Longer Work The modern habit of "consuming meaning" in the form of short-form advice...

Molly Griffin Williams: Why Believing in 'Chemical Imbalance' Hinders Overcoming Depression Depression is a remarkable and paradoxical condition. Unlike most physical illnesses, the effectiveness of its treatment depends directly on...

Celin Gökçel: Why Laughing at Yourself Is the Best Strategy After a Social Blunder Imagine a typical scenario: a young woman named Becky walks into a crowded restaurant, spots her...

John F. Kelly: Relapse After Years of Sobriety Is Never Sudden Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic condition requiring long-term management. A common belief — even among specialists —...

Eugene Rubin & Charles Zorumski: The Economic Burden of Schizophrenia Demands Large-Scale Research Investment Schizophrenia is a severe chronic disorder that not only prevents millions of people from leading full...

Yana Kesenheimer: Why Kind People Are More Likely to Fall Into the Trap of Toxic Relationships Many of us are confident we know our type — a specific set of...

Jack Wilson: Cannabis Does Not Treat Anxiety and Worsens Mental Health Problems In recent years, medical marijuana has acquired in public perception the reputation of a universal antidepressant and powerful...

V. Sharma & A. Sharma: Social Media's Impact on Teens Depends on Usage Patterns, Not Screen Time How harmful are social networks for today's teenagers? In a new large-scale review...

Suzy Pileggi Pawelski: Why Working Out Together Makes Us Happier Than Exercising Alone Almost everyone knows that physical exercise benefits both body and mind. It strengthens the heart, reduces anxiety,...

Elizabeth Nyland: Depression Is a Functional Signal, Not a Brain Malfunction For many years we have been told that depression is a brain disease caused by chemical imbalance — specifically,...

Malipeddi Saket: Meditation Starts Changing the Brain in Just Three Minutes "I simply don't have time for this" — arguably the most common excuse given by those who shy away...

Matthew Tucker: Tattoos Are No Longer a Career Barrier, but Corporate Fears Remain For many people, tattoos carry deeply personal stories — memorials to loved ones or symbols of overcoming...

In his Psychology Today article, psychologist and psychotherapist Sebastian Salicru explains why standard impostor-syndrome advice often fails to produce lasting change. Estimates suggest this pattern affects up to 80% of...

The drive for social success is often not a true goal but a compensatory response to an old fear of being “worse than others.” Psychologist-consultant and AKPP member Anastasia Tkacheva...

In a recent piece for Psychology Today, psychotherapist and PhD Michelle Maidenberg unpacks the hidden mechanics of relationships in which one partner struggles with anxiety. The core trap is that...

Clinical psychologist Alexandra Ushakova from Saint Petersburg explains the mechanics of obsessive-compulsive disorder and why frightening inner images can feel so vividly real. The central paradox of OCD is that...

In professional circles, therapy boundaries are usually discussed in formal terms: time, payment, and confidentiality. Psychologist Dmitry Goncharov, however, invites us to look at the part of clinical work that...

Psychologist Marina Balashova suggests looking at Stockholm syndrome through the metaphor of a submarine. Imagine a situation where there is literally nowhere to run: if you open the hatch, a...

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A video of a dog paralyzed by fear on a suspension bridge becomes a starting point for an elegant explanation of the neurobiology of phobias. The key idea: fear lives...