Psychological Well-Being

Bright Lights, Big Relief : Treating Seasonal Affective Disorder

Emotional Fitness in Aging: Ongoing psychological research is painting a new and reassuring picture that older adults actually appear to enjoy pleasant emotions and recall more positive images than do younger adults.

Exercise Helps Keep Your Psyche Fit: Exercise is an effective, cost-effective treatment for depression and may help in the treatment of other mental disorders.

Getting in Touch with Your Inner Brainwaves through Biofeedback: Biofeedback cures illness, boosts performance, helps people relax and even is used to help children with Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder.

Hypnosis for the Relief and Control of Pain: Hypnosis is likely to be effective for most people suffering from diverse forms of pain, with the possible exception of a minority of patients who are resistant to hypnotic interventions.

If I Were A Rich Man.... Psychologists show how pursuit of material wealth and pursuit of happiness are not the same.

Pain, Pain, Go Away : Chronic pain due to disease, disorder or accident affects nearly a third of the U.S. population every year. With arthritis, fibromyalgia, and low back or muscle pain among the top offenders, chronic pain takes a toll in the pain itself as well as associated disability and emotional distress, lost productivity and high medical costs.