LGBTQ+ and other individuals face spiritual, religious, and existential questions. As individuals and members of organizations, many of us can help address these.
LGBTQ+ and other individuals face spiritual, religious, and existential questions. As individuals and members of organizations, many of us can help address these.
50 years ago, the American Psychiatric Association voted to delete homosexuality from the DSM in a highly fraught process that has important lessons for us today.
50 years ago, the American Psychiatric Association voted to delete homosexuality from the DSM in a highly fraught process that has important lessons for us today.
Personal Perspective: On campus and elsewhere, arguments about the Israel/Gaza war rage. Remembering notions of civility, good citizenship, and respecting others' views is vital.
Personal Perspective: On campus and elsewhere, arguments about the Israel/Gaza war rage. Remembering notions of civility, good citizenship, and respecting others' views is vital.
Personal Perspective: I had the fortune of meeting Lauren Bacall when she was 88. She inspired me with her passion for our nation's ideals and showed me how we can age well.
Personal Perspective: I had the fortune of meeting Lauren Bacall when she was 88. She inspired me with her passion for our nation's ideals and showed me how we can age well.
Personal Perspective: The overturn of Roe v. Wade will strain medical providers and potentially lower their willingness to work in states with abortion bans, harming all patients.
Personal Perspective: The overturn of Roe v. Wade will strain medical providers and potentially lower their willingness to work in states with abortion bans, harming all patients.
Many people are wary of masks or vaccines, but our brains process the risks involved in ways that can lead to error. Luckily, awareness of our mental biases can help.
Many people are wary of masks or vaccines, but our brains process the risks involved in ways that can lead to error. Luckily, awareness of our mental biases can help.
Social desirability bias occurs when survey respondents give answers that differ from their real attitudes because they want to look better to others or feel good about themselves.
Social desirability bias occurs when survey respondents give answers that differ from their real attitudes because they want to look better to others or feel good about themselves.
President Trump and his doctors argue that HIPAA prevents disclosure of his medical information but at times, avoiding harm to others trumps a patient's own confidentiality.
President Trump and his doctors argue that HIPAA prevents disclosure of his medical information but at times, avoiding harm to others trumps a patient's own confidentiality.
In facing epidemics, how do leaders make stories to excuse their bad behavior and advance their own agendas? How can they instead also help fight the disease?
In facing epidemics, how do leaders make stories to excuse their bad behavior and advance their own agendas? How can they instead also help fight the disease?
We have gotten scores of diseases from rats, bats, and other animals. This historical context can crucially help us make sense of and cope with COVID-19.
We have gotten scores of diseases from rats, bats, and other animals. This historical context can crucially help us make sense of and cope with COVID-19.
Millions of Americans want to go out and see others, but put themselves at risk. Psychological research shows how we all respond differently to danger.
Millions of Americans want to go out and see others, but put themselves at risk. Psychological research shows how we all respond differently to danger.
New disease outbreaks cause visceral fears in us that can lead us to make decisions that are good or bad. We should work to channel our current fears in positive ways—here's how.
New disease outbreaks cause visceral fears in us that can lead us to make decisions that are good or bad. We should work to channel our current fears in positive ways—here's how.
We can now buy and sell human eggs, sperm, and embryos and rent wombs, creating new families, and genetically alter embryos. But when do we go too far?
We can now buy and sell human eggs, sperm, and embryos and rent wombs, creating new families, and genetically alter embryos. But when do we go too far?
President Trump wants to redefine gender to be strictly binary, to undermine transgendered individuals. But science shows that the genetics of sex is far more complex.
President Trump wants to redefine gender to be strictly binary, to undermine transgendered individuals. But science shows that the genetics of sex is far more complex.
How do you and your loved ones want to spend your last days? Physician aid-in-dying is being debated publicly. Should you or your loved ones consider it?
How do you and your loved ones want to spend your last days? Physician aid-in-dying is being debated publicly. Should you or your loved ones consider it?
It’s increasingly common for someone to be diagnosed with a condition such as ADHD or autism as an adult. A diagnosis often brings relief, but it can also come with as many questions as answers.