Do TMS and psychotherapy share a common mechanism? We talk with Owen Muir about how to engage patients with this magnetic therapy.

Awe quiets the brain’s default mode network, the same loop behind depression and rumination. 

More teens are saying they can’t sleep because they’re worried about the environment. Today, we’re asking: How do we respond to climate anxiety without pathologizing it?  

School refusal is on the rise post-pandemic. Dr. Raman Marwaha outlines how to distinguish it from truancy, assess underlying anxiety or learning issues, and apply CBT-based graded exposure and family interventions to help students successfully return to school.

What happens when the patient doesn’t want therapy?

How do you approach patients who ask about cannabis for anxiety?

A reminder that focus problems don’t always mean ADHD. That suffering doesn’t always need a label. And that quick relief can sometimes do lasting harm.

Yesterday I wrote about what it feels like to live with social anxiety.

Today I want to talk about how we ask about it.

We talk about social anxiety like it’s just shyness with a clinical name. But for some patients, it’s life-halting.