Is the Kink in ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Making Sex Better or Worse?
The book-turned-movie might lead to better sex communication and more BDSM experimentation—but also a misunderstanding of healthy sex lives.
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The Grapes of Contentment
Want to feel more confident and engaged in life? Take your mother’s advice: Eat more fruits and vegetables.
My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
We met at 18. We wed at 24. At 27, I checked my wife into a psych ward—for the first time. How mental illness re-shapes a marriage.
Caring for the Condemned: Does It Make Sense to Treat the Mental Health of Someone Facing Execution?
How the new mental health facility for California’s death row inmates reflects our nation’s ongoing ambivalence about the death penalty.
Blackness Ever Blackening: My Lifetime of Depression
How do I explain an existence dominated by the bleakest, darkest moods? And do I even want to?
Making Art Boosts Seniors’ Psychological Resilience
German researchers report positive changes in the brains of recent retirees who learned how to create visual art.
The Ongoing Mental Health Benefits of Neighborhood Diversity
Diverse neighborhoods, it turns out, aren’t just conducive to hipsters.
Full Moons: Not a Cause of Deviant Behavior
Despite countless studies to the contrary, we haven't stopped believing that the moon is driving us crazy.
Should We Take Away the Children of Those Who Are Mentally Ill?
Mindi has never harmed her daughter and is capably raising a son, but authorities took her daughter under a concept sometimes called “predictive neglect.”
What We Actually Know About the Connections Between Mental Illness, Mass Shootings, and Gun Violence
A conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Swanson.