During this period of cultural chaos, the most important thing we can do for ourselves and each other is to avoid the autonomic nervous system's freeze response. Source: Lisa Langhammer/used with ...

On social media, exercises that aim to “tone” one of our body’s longest nerves have been touted as a cure-all for anxiety and other psychological ailments. Here’s what the research says. By Christina ...

This was the headline in a recent edition of USA Today. The article discusses how the Doomsday clock, which estimates the midnight of planetary destruction, is now down to a mere 100 seconds. When I ...

I am an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and for the last 30 years, I’ve taught first-year college students and medical residents, child psychiatrists and educators. I love ...