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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters OCD Is Not a Quirk
The term "obsessive-compulsive" has become a jokey shorthand, to the detriment of people who actually suffer.
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Sean Lema/Shutterstock Cold, Dark, and Happy
Years of state rankings have begun to paint a picture of an idyllic healthiest place to live.
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TORLEY/Flickr The Good and the Bad of Escaping to Virtual Reality
Researchers believe new immersive technology could lead to isolation, but maybe when social needs are met online, people won't need in-person interaction as much.
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nathanmac87/Flickr It Really Might 'Get Better' for LGBT Teens
A new study lends support to the idea that bullying and depression decrease over time.
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Kenzie Saunders/Flickr This Is Your Brain on Magic
Psychologists and neuroscientists have an unlikely ally in their quest to understand human nature: professional magicians.
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Petr Vaclavek/Shutterstock/The Atlantic Languages Are Mostly Made of Happy Words
A new study analyzes vocabulary from around the world and finds a universal skew toward the positive.
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Lauren Giordano / The Atlantic The Food Babe: Enemy of Chemicals
How one woman mobilized an army against food additives, GMOs, and all else not "natural"
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Quinn Dombrowski/Flickr Complaining, for Your Health
The mental and physical benefits of airing your grievances
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Dan Taylor/Flickr How Real Are Facebook Friendships?
An artist set out to find the answer—by tracking down and photographing every one of her social-media connections.
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Andy Wong / AP The Dangers of the Appearance-Driven Diet
A new study found that when people focus on looks, they're less tuned in to the body's signals of hunger and fullness.
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Robert Couse-Baker/Flickr/The Atlantic A New Diagnosis for Combat Nightmares
Soldiers returning home from duty often experience vivid dreams, night sweats, and other symptoms commonly classified as PTSD, but some argue that a newly named condition—trauma-associated sleep disorder—may be more accurate.
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Zoyalipets/Shutterstock The Internal Bowl
In terms of food consumption, the Super Bowl marks the unhealthiest day of the year.
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Adriano Agulló/Flickr How to Defuse Exploding-Head Syndrome
The best treatment for the often-frightening condition—which causes sufferers to experience loud noises, light flashes, and strange sensations—may be as simple as soothing patients' fears.
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Jae C/Flickr The Danish Don't Have the Secret to Happiness
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
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Daniel Dionne/Flickr Rethinking One of Psychology's Most Infamous Experiments
In the 1960s, Stanley Milgram's electric-shock studies showed that people will obey even the most abhorrent of orders. But recently, researchers have begun to question his conclusions—and offer some of their own.
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Doximity What Doctors Make
Variations in salary are drastic and opaque.
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sfam_photo/Shutterstock/The Atlantic Should the U.S. Bring Back Psychiatric Asylums?
A new paper argues that re-opening long-term facilities would help solve the country's mental-healthcare crisis.
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Louise McLaren/Flickr Batgirl's Psychologist
By applying characters' fictional psyches to real-life problems, a cosplay enthusiast turned a passion for comic books into a mental-health career.
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Walt Stoneburner/Flickr The Value of Remembering Ordinary Moments
Though writing down daily events may seem mundane, participants in a recent study were happy to have records of them in the future.
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Christopher Neugebauer/Flickr Defined by Brain Injury
After being hospitalized for a hemorrhage last year, I'm fully recovered, both mentally and physically—but people still view me differently than they did before.
