A new book explores the science of personality change. Read more

Why is it that two or more experts in a given field can look at identical case histories and data and come up with broadly differing assessments and... Read more

It’s a truism that climate change has become an existential crisis. Can a new book by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist help mitigate ecological despair? Read more

A new book examines how different cultures view mental illness and the stigma that persists in America. Read more

Exploring the intertwined roots of caste and racism in America. Read more

A guide to dealing with the traumas and challenges that can redefine who we are and what we want to do in the world. Read more

The story of the Gavins—a family of 12 children, six of whom suffered from schizophrenia—sheds new light on the nature vs. nurture debate. Read more

A new book explores the reality of home DNA testing and the often unexpected fallouts. Read more

In her new book, author Susannah Cahalan exposes the fabrications of one of psychology’s most famous studies. Read more

Author Kenneth Paul Rosenberg explores the catastrophic inadequacies of our mental healthcare system that have led to “the greatest social crisis of our... Read more

A new book debunks some fundamental myths about gender. Read more

A new book explores the devastating patterns of fear, shame, and secrecy that perpetuate intimate partner violence and too often escalate to murder. Read more

A child-custody consultant wrestles with the question of what is a good enough mother. Read more

Chicago’s inner city has long been termed an “urban war zone.” A new book by acclaimed journalist Alex Kotlowitz reveals the personal stories of trauma... Read more

A new book takes a close-up look at the opioid epidemic in America. Read more

A new book explores how criminal behavior gets handed down in families from one generation to the next. Read more

A new book claims that even if you find yourself suffering through a gloomy midlife slog, you’re likely to experience a brighter landscape in your 50s and... Read more

Bestselling author Barbara Ehrenreich believes that our obsession with longevity may have gone too far. Read more

A book about two sets of mismatched twins testifies to the power of both heredity and family loyalty Read more

Review: Healing from Hate: How Young Men Get Into—and Out of—Violent ExtremismA look at how to help former skinheads, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and... Read more

There’s a surprisingly strong link between altruism and psychopathy. Read more

Exploring contemplative practice may not be for everyone. Read more

The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others. When it comes to truly changing minds, reasoning will get you nowhere. Read more

America continues to turn its back on the mentally ill. Read more

The waking-nightmare stories of people wrongfully imprisoned, often for decades, for crimes they didn’t commit expose the flaws in our criminal justice... Read more

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl is best known for is his extraordinary first-person narrative about his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp, as told in Man’s... Read more

The Voices Within: The History and Science of How We Talk to Ourselves Making sense of the particular internal mix of words, conversation, music, and images... Read more

There’s a crucial point in the parenting life cycle that’s not often discussed in the literature. Read more

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Susan Faludi explores the story of how the despotic father who’d once ruled her terrified family underwent sex reassignment... Read more

An OCD sufferer describes the frustrating stops and starts and misdirections of her circuitous search for help in escaping the maze of her family of origin and... Read more

In his latest book, Peter Kramer argues that medications represent the best, most effective tool for fighting the bleakness of depression. Read more

Therapists may be fascinated with harnessing the mind-body connection in their work, but what has science taught us about separating hype from solid evidence... Read more

A startling new book exposes how much more the military’s embrace of enhanced interrogation tactics in the war on terror was influenced by Hollywood, rather... Read more

Family physician and psychologist Leonard Sax insists that too many parents these days misunderstand the role they should play in their children’s lives. Read more

Sometimes it can be easier to argue about witch-hunts than risk confronting the dark, unsavory reality of child abuse. Read more

Robert Putnam documents the myriad psychological, health, and political consequences of the ever-growing disparities between rich and poor in America today. Read more

The new emphasis on the transformative power of trauma can be a template for false assumptions about the “gift” of suffering and the meaning of recovery. Read more

A critic of one of our central cultural obsessions goes too far Read more

Review: The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in ThoughtFinding an exit from the bewildering maze of a disorder that confounds... Read more

Why did a seeming rags-to-riches story of a young man’s triumph over poverty and the lure of the streets end so tragically? Read more

Research increasingly shows that screen time is no substitute for old-fashioned human contact. Read more

An investigation of some of history’s most famous creative teams leads to the conclusion that no artist is an island. Read more

A new book investigates the worldview of a range of fanatics who’ve dedicated their lives to holding onto to their antiscientific and antihistorical claims. Read more

The authors of a provocative new book argue that, despite its sterling reputation, alcoholics anonymous has one of the worst success rates in all of medicine. Read more

The era of unchallenged male entitlement has come to an end, and many men are mad as hell. A new book provides context to help us deal with this anger in the... Read more

With his enormous success, Malcolm Gladwell has morphed from a darling underdog to a publishing juggernaut at whom it’s now trendy to sling insults. Read more

A new book examines how one man, under the guise of religious faith, kept his family isolated in a world of abuse and brutality, and how another family broke... Read more

The increasingly blurry distinction between normal and abnormal not only makes us easy targets for Big Pharma’s advertising, but also distracts us from the... Read more

A new book exposes the story of the corporate competition for our taste buds and ever-expanding tummies. Read more

Jared Diamond’s new book explores the many lessons modern cultures can draw from the wisdom of small-scale, preindustrial societies. Read more

In an encyclopedic new book, Andrew Solomon explores how parents and children forge emotional bonds with one another in the presence of sometimes vast inborn... Read more

With the U.S. Army suicide rate at an all-time high, there’s a greater need than ever to understand the struggles of soldiers returning from war zones and... Read more

A surprise bestseller shows us the crucial roles that even minor habits can play in individual and group behavior. Read more

A new book about the power of keeping your mouth shut provides a much-needed corrective to our cultural enchantment with extroversion. Read more

Daniel Kahneman, the founder of behavioral economics, has written a comprehensive dissection of the reasoning mind, which should be on every therapist’s... Read more

What do we know today about the effectiveness of psychotherapy that we didn’t know 30 years ago? Even more important, how do we improve our treatments? Read more

Exploring the complex fabric of an often poorly understood family bond that shapes us, in one way or another, throughout our lives. Read more

Plumbing the eternal question: Why are there bad people? Read more

Those gritty TV depictions of kids scratching out an existence on the streets aren’t just a sensationalistic fabrication. Read more

In an age of cynicism, a refreshing look at “the social cure.” Read more

Nearly 50 years after its publication, a look at the shortcomings and enduring power of one of the most influential books of our time.  Read more

A modern look at cancer treatment through the ages. Read more

While many therapists like to trust their intuition, research shows how often "gut instinct" can lead us astray. Read more

Hoarding is not only an individual pathology, but a metaphor for our consumption-crazed culture. Read more

Popular stereotypes aside, it turns out we aren't overmedicating and overdiagnosing our kids. Read more

Crazy Like Us by Ethan Watters. A withering indictment of America's role in spreading our own concepts of mental illness around the world. Read more

Never before has the simple act of eating been so fraught with ethical, spiritual, and psychological issues. Read more