In recent years, rates of childhood obesity have been rising, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimating in 2024 that approximately one in five children and adolescents met the clinical ...

This fall, an Honors College Signature Seminar titled Stress & Its Consequences will allow students to learn from studies on the physical and mental effects of stress with a goal of connecting ...

Not all painful experiences in childhood are traumatic. But childhood trauma is prevalent and can cause significant problems ...

A Yale study found that lowering parent stress can help protect young children from obesity. When parents practiced ...

In my clinical practice, one pattern has become increasingly difficult to ignore. Among a subset of patients on the political Left, hostility toward political opponents goes beyond dislike or even ...

What psychological safety really means, why it drives performance in turbulent times, and how leaders can build it deliberately.

Few parenting topics spark as much debate as the "cry it out" method. While some experts warn it causes psychological harm, a study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry argues it does not ...

If you feel like you might be subject to this way of thinking, psychologists offer advice on what that might look like and ...

Why wellness travel is becoming essential for mothers carrying the mental load, and how time in nature and slower travel can reset the brain and restore resilience.

Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) rarely occurs alone. Explore how training load, life stress, sleep, nutrition, ...

The honeymoon phase of marriage is often depicted as a blissful period of love and laughter. But what happens when that phase ...

At 64, the author reflects on the painful reality of growing up with a mother who openly dismissed her worth an dmade her ...