Mental Health News & Features
- The Health Benefits of Dreams
Dreams may be important for our mental health.
- Web Confessions: Guilty Pleasure or Healthy Habit?
Posting confessions on the web can actually be therapeutic
- Swoon at the Sight of Blood?
Why the sight of blood might make you faint – and what you can do about it.
- The Truman Show Delusion: Real or Imagined?
Two doctor/brothers, Joel and Ian Gold, have identified symptoms of a mental illness unique to our times: the Truman Show delusion, named for the 1998 movie that starred Jim Carrey as a suburbanite whose movements were filmed 24/7 and broadcast to the world.
- Actor Tony Shalhoub Takes on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Actor Tony Shalhoub advocates for obsessive compulsive disorder.
- School Shootings: The Columbine Generation Copes
Marjorie LIndholm, a Columbine High School shooting survivor, talks with WebMD about her experience and offers advice in the wake of school shootings.
- A Conversation With a Columbine Survivor
Marjorie LIndholm, who survived the 1999 shootings at Columbine HIgh School in Littleton, Colo., shares her advice on dealing with school shootings.
- Joe Pantoliano: Mental Illness Hits Home
The award-winning actor, best known for his role as Ralphie on The Sopranos, talks to WebMD about his personal brushes with mental illness and why he's working to raise awareness.
- 5 Halloween Character Case Files
WebMD delves into the medical and psychological histories of witches, zombies, ghouls, vampires, and werewolves to uncover the scary truth about these frightening figures.
- Why We Love Scary Movies
Horror films are scarier than ever. Why do we watch, and what do scary movies do to us?
- Chris Benoit: Was Roid Rage to Blame?
Pro wrestler Chris Benoit reportedly had anabolic steroids in his house. Was "roid rage" to blame for the murder-suicide surrounding Benoit and his family? Get expert answers here.
- Forgive and Forget
Forgiveness may bring enormous benefits to the person who gives that gift -- including lower blood pressure, a stronger immune system, and a drop in stress hormones, according to recent research.
- Therapy for Teens: What to Expect
Many teens are in therapy today as a way to gain greater insight into the way they think, act and react.
- Choosing To Be Happy
A growing number of psychologists say you can choose to be happy -- by simply making the effort to monitor the workings of your mind and choosing happiness.
- Forgive and forget
Forgiveness may bring enormous benefits to the person who gives that gift -- including lower blood pressure, a stronger immune system, and a drop in stress hormones, according to recent research.
- Don't Let Shyness Spoil Your Holidays
Experts offer tips to overcome shyness, especially during the holiday season.
- 10 Signs of an Ailing Mind
Experts describe the physical and mental signs that may indicate emotional distress.
- The Emotional Drain of Watching Disaster Unfold
Experts share advice on beating "compassion fatigue" and staying constructive during disasters.
- Hurricane Katrina's Little Heroes
Experts talk about how children are coping with the emotional trauma of Hurricane Katrina.
- Coping With Impending Death
As the recent series finale of HBO's Emmy award-winning series, <EM>Six Feet Under</EM>, implied, no matter how accepting we think we are of death, coming to terms with the loss of a loved one as well our own mortality can be shocking, divisive, and devastating.
- How to Survive a Plane Crash
An expert gives tips on how to survive airplane crashes.
- Portrait of a Psychopath
Experts say the dispassionate confession of serial killer Dennis Rader is typical of psychopaths.
- Voting Counts as a Healthy Habit
Researchers say voting may help promote good mental and, in turn, good physical health, and some people will likely benefit from voting more than others.
- Mental Illness: Is 1 Drug Better Than 2?
Mixing mental illness drug 'cocktails' is still more art than science.
- The Psychology of Superstition
Is magical thinking hurting or helping you?
- Help for Sensory Integration Disorder in Kids
Sensory integration disorder can throw kids off balance but there is help available to get them back on track.
- Coping With Psychological Warfare at Home
Learn how to defend yourself from the psychological terror that war brings.
- When Scab-Picking, Cutting Becomes Addictive
Many adolescents practice self-harm in an attempt to cope with pressure or emotions.
- Forget Something? We Wish We Could
'Therapeutic forgetting' helps trauma victims endure their memories.
- Mental Disorders Common in America
Are mental illnesses becoming more prevalent, or is psychiatry overdiagnosing?
- How to Find a Therapist
Whether an adult or child needs therapy, finding the right therapist takes research, patience, and intuition.
- Therapy: Does It Ever End?
WebMD explores the topic of when to say when to stopping therapy sessions.
- Movie Therapy: Using Movies for Mental Health
Cinema therapy can have real benefits on mental health.
- Sept. 11: Where Are We Now?
2 years after the terrorist attacks, are we more nervous, more neighborly, or more numb?
- 9/11: What a Difference in a Year
The pain of Sept. 11 lingers, but for the most part, we've moved on.
- Antidote to Terrorism: Preparedness
Public Health Experts Plan for the Unthinkable Act of Bioterrorism
- Animal-Assisted Therapy
Dogs and other animals are helping many people through rough and troubled times.
- When Cybertherapy Goes Bad
As more and more people seek psychotherapy online, experts worry that charlatans may take advantage of them.