We don’t think of emotional states as passing from one person to another, but a new study suggests some depressive thoughts can go viral. Researchers studying a group of college students found that ...

A new study reports a potential neurological link between adverse experiences in childhood and the negative thinking patterns characteristic of mood disorders. Researchers found that a specific ...

We all have that inner voice. The one that whispers you’re not good enough whenever you try something new. The one that catalogs every embarrassing thing you’ve ever done and replays them on loop at 3 ...

A new study has challenged the commonly held belief that consciously suppressing negative thoughts is bad for our mental health, finding that people who did so had lower levels of post-traumatic ...

Birth is miraculous, but not always simple. For some, the difficulties of birth last long after the baby is born. Looking at almost 200 first-time moms, new research published in the Journal of ...

Nipping negative repetitive thinking in the bud has the potential to stave off numerous mental health disorders. Think Eeyore and Piglet. Cheerful Piglet is a chronic worrier, coping with anxiety; ...

As common as depression is—about one person in 10 experiences depression in any given year—it still eludes complete understanding. The trigger for depression can be almost any negative experience or ...

Even the most capable of professionals can find themselves caught up in unproductive thinking—especially when under pressure. Left unchecked, these patterns can affect decision-making, communication ...