Mental illness

Are studies of brain activity all wrong?

What we think we know about how the brain works could be fundamentally wrong according to researchers at Duke University.

Mindfulness, compassion therapies ease depression, anxiety and stress

Mindfulness-based therapies may help treat many mental health challenges. A new study investigates how compassion-focused therapies measure

Should you try mindfulness at work?

Research review finds mindfulness at work may reduce anxiety, burnout and distress. But is that enough?

Study shows how stress may be killing you

Researchers in Sweden find that people with stress-related disorders are at greater risk for life-threatening infections.

The dangerous myth of normal

Is the aspiration to be normal the cause of our suffering? Why we need to question our assumptions. In 1989, I had a serious horseback...

The Science of How Mindfulness Relieves Post Traumatic Stress

Here's how mindfulness-based therapies may help to ease traumatic stress symptoms. Pain, loss and traumatic events are part of the human...

Brain's memory center holds clues about depression and anxiety

Part of the brain commonly associated with memory and dementia could also hold the key for depression, anxiety and emotional regulation....

B GRACE BULLOCK PhD