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Holding Hands as Pain Relief?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (534+ words) It’s strange how so many of the deeply powerful moments in life masquerade as ordinary ones. How many times have you held hands with a partner without thinking about its impact? Holding Hands as Pain Relief? Could holding a partnerâ…...
An Important but Often Overlooked Depression Symptom
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (462+ words) Updated September 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Lybi Ma “How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!” —Hamlet, Shakespeare A clearly depressed Hamlet can't find any pleasure in life. The sparkle has gone out of his…...
Cannabidiol for Anxiety: What Does the Evidence Show?
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (856+ words) Updated September 1, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch Anxiety disorders are among the most common psychiatric conditions and can significantly affect quality of life. Although anxiety is a normal response to stress, anxiety disorders involve excessive or persistent fear and worry that…...
Is Cannabis Psychosis Riskier Than Drug-Induced Psychosis?
2+ week, 2+ day ago (735+ words) Updated August 23, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills D’Souza’s trailblazing research helped move the field beyond the simple observation that cannabis use and psychosis are associated. The more important question became whether cannabis could cause psychotic disorders. His studies also found that…...
Toward a More Empathic Measure of Pain
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (566+ words) Posted July 31, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills How do we know what another person feels? This question sits at the center of medicine, philosophy, and ordinary human life. We can see another person wince or laugh, and listen when they describe…...
Fibromyalgia, Pain, and Substance Use Disorders
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1125+ words) Updated July 30, 2026 | Reviewed by Hara Estroff Marano Fibromyalgia and chronic pain create a "fertile breeding ground" for self-medication and iatrogenic addiction.. Fibromyalgia involves abnormal pain processing; the brain struggles to turn off pain signals. Many brain pathways involved in fibromyalgia…...
What Happens to the Brain When Cannabis Is Used Daily
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (818+ words) Updated July 27, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods I've heard countless times that "Cannabis doesn't really get me high anymore. I just use it to feel normal." For years, I thought the answer was straightforward: tolerance to the drug. That's also true…...
What Happens in the Brain When Cannabis Is Used Every Day
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (818+ words) Posted July 10, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods I've heard countless times that "Cannabis doesn't really get me high anymore. I just use it to feel normal." For years, I thought the answer was straightforward: tolerance to the drug. That's also true…...
What Not to Say to Someone With Chronic Pain
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (396+ words) Posted June 18, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk Chronic pain violates what society teaches us about pain—that it should only be acute; it should be solved somehow, at some point. It should not drag on, day after day. If it does,…...
Who Gets to Define Human Suffering?
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (592+ words) When psychiatry concedes that its critics of psychiatric diagnoses were right. Psychology Today Who Gets to Define Human Suffering? When psychiatry concedes that its critics of psychiatric diagnoses were right. Posted June 2, 2026 | Reviewed by Michelle Quirk - Psychiatry increasingly accepts that…...