Depression

Defense in Lindsay Clancy case claims psychosis behind her killing her children

While Clancy admitted to killing her children, the defense has argued that due to postpartum psychosis and overmedication, she should not be held criminally responsible.

Lindsay Clancy listens in the coutroom during her murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S., August 13, 2026.
The path back to ourselves.

Healing overloaded minds: How Israel's prolonged war is affecting memory, concentration

OR AVINOAM (left) and Riki Reif Sinai in ‘Cuz You’re Ugly.’

In 'Cuz You're Ugly,' Israeli director Sharon Angelhart tells the story she never saw on screen

Mental health crisis spinning out of control

Mental health crisis spinning out of control


Ketamine clinic may give those with depression new treatment

A new clinic has been opened in Israel which offers people with depression a revolutionary ketamine treatment that could erase their symptoms almost entirely.

 Prof. Michael Drescher

5 common medications that can trigger depression

Depression very common and one in six people will suffer from it during their lifetime. Genetics, environment, and even medications you take can trigger the imbalance.

Teen depression

Good news reports can make negative news more bearable - study

The authors said they hope their results would push the media to incorporate more positive coverage and constructive or solution-oriented framing for complex, important issues.

 Good news reports: Can they make the bad news more emotionally bearable? (Illustrative)

Is YouTube making young people depressed? – study

Youtube most negatively affected individuals aged under 29-years-old who regularly watched content on other people’s lives.

  Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018.

How to identify and treat postpartum depression

Following a suspected murder-suicide in Haifa where a mother killed her infant son and then herself in Haifa, doctors suspect it was related to postpartum depression.

 A woman and a baby.

The rejected and deprived child


Mental images can help distract teens from negative thought spirals - study

By providing short-term distractions, such as mental imagery, people can seek help from therapists, friends, or parents.

 Depression in children and teens is on the rise, how can we help them?

Religious guilt: How can we cope when we fail God? - opinion

Accumulated religious guilt can become so overbearing that the only escape seems to be the abandonment of religion.

 Moving on from guilt is vital for inner emotional equilibrium (Illustrative).

Healthcare workers suffer post-COVID burnout, endangering their health

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed how overburdened these systems and healthcare workers’ functioning within them already existed.

 Shaare Zedek hospital team members wearing safety gear work in the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 23, 2021.

Gila’s Way to host landmark suicide-prevention conference at Knesset

Gila was a beautiful, talented teenager who exuded kindness and empathy to those around her. Her father, and his organization, are teaching some difficult lessons based on his family’s own trauma.

Gila Hammer.