October 29,2024
19 Simple Habits for a Happier Life, According to Mental Health Pros
When I started Mental, I wanted a phrase that would explain why Mental, why now. A phrase that would encapsulate... View Article
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January 8,2024
Ask a Mental Health Pro: How Safe Is Ketamine Therapy?
In Mental’s Ask a Mental Health Pro series, we speak with a top expert to parse through a cultural event... View Article
January 3,2024
“I Loved Getting Drunk—Until It Shook My Mental Health”
My psychiatrist: “How many drinks did you have last week?” Me: “… 10? 12?” This was me two years ago... View Article
January 3,2024
Is It Ok to Self-Diagnose a Mental Illness?
Every day on social media, millions of women share their lived experiences—hidden symptoms, overlooked triggers, surprising copes—with ADHD, autism, bipolar... View Article
December 12,2023
Founder Keta Burke-Williams on ADHD, Cool Copes, and the Inclusivity of Scent
Keta Burke-Williams always wanted to escape. Not to far-flung locales (well, maybe those, too). From situations where she felt other.... View Article
November 21,2023
Wanna Come Off Your Meds? Read This First
Mark Horowitz was in a unique position when he decided to stop taking Lexapro for depression about a decade ago.... View Article
November 12,2023
Mental’s 2023 Holiday Guide: 35 Best Gifts for Mental Health
Finding the perfect gift for your most cherished friends and family is deceivingly complicated. Not only do you want to... View Article
November 7,2023
When You Can’t Just Quit the Narcissist in Your Life
If you know a narcissist, there’s a good chance you’d prefer not to know a narcissist. That’s because narcissists tend... View Article
November 1,2023
Should You Actually Bring Your Whole Self to Work?
Nine words changed Barb Solish’s career path. Years ago, about to leave for an extended work trip, she approached her... View Article
October 26,2023
Your Inner Child Is Calling…
TikTok is like America Idol for mental health, where once-obscure therapies go for their big break. Such is the case... View Article
October 19,2023
The Pill Diaries: The Road to Vyvanse, Lamictal, and Ketamine
In the mental health world, a debate persists: to pill or not to pill? For some, prescription meds can be lifesaving;... View Article
August 23,2023
The New Sleeping Beauties: Do Sleep Patches Work?
Remember the ’ol saying “there’s an app for that”? Well, these days, there’s a patch for that. We’re talking about... View Article
August 23,2023
When Guilt Goes Into Overdrive
There are some people who feel guilty about everything. Guilty about not calling home enough. Guilty about blowing off a... View Article
July 7,2023
Everybody’s Talkin’ About Dissociation. But What Is It, Exactly?
You’re scrolling through social media and, (seemingly) suddenly, two hours have passed. What happened? According to researchers at the University... View Article
June 28,2023
22 “Therapy Dupes” to Soothe Your Pregnant Self
The summer of 2009 was an interesting one at Allure. I was the beauty director there, attending Chanel events, interviewing... View Article
May 30,2023
You’re Pregnant and Love Beauty Products. Now You’ve Got Ingredient Anxiety
I’ll never forget the one night, somewhere during the second trimester of my pregnancy with my first daughter, when I... View Article
May 25,2023
The Postpartum Mental Health Issues That Silence Women
One of the most memorable onscreen birth scenes (for this ’90s-era teen, at least) was on a 1992 episode of... View Article
May 23,2023
Mental Health Merch You’ll Actually Want to Wear
Now that mental health is the cause du jour—despite, you know, actually being a cause du always—mental health merch has flooded... View Article
May 16,2023
The Link Between Money Probs and Mental Health (and How to Improve Both)
It was minute 45 in my therapy session, and I was still on the same topic: how much money I... View Article
May 12,2023
When Life is Bananas, These 20 Pro Tips Will Help Calm Your Mind
When I started Mental, I wanted a phrase that would explain why Mental, why now. A phrase that would encapsulate... View Article
