Mental Health
The Ebenezer Scrooge model: Can Yom Kippur really bring repentance and change?
From Dickens’s Ebenezer Scrooge to modern psychology, the journey from remorse to lasting behavioral change reveals why Yom Kippur can be both a reckoning and a starting point.
Enduring the tragedy of loss, Israeli families of suicide victims struggle to find a path to life
Music festival survivors, victims' relatives discuss PTSD, substance abuse, mental health effects
Rosh Hashanah 2026: What does ‘shana tova’ mean in an Israel divided by politics? - opinion
A mental health reset: How to manage phone habits, sleep, and relationships to improve life
Living longer is not enough. By changing our habits, strengthening our relationships, and choosing gratitude and purpose, we can protect our mental health and live better as we age.
New bachelor's degree to train students in trauma treatment through surf therapy
This represents an effort to institutionalize knowledge accumulated not in laboratories but through thousands of encounters between therapists, waves and people searching for steadier ground.
Living in limbo land: Navigating health scares, medical uncertainty - opinion
Life in limbo contradicts our Western “hurry up” culture, where waiting is greeted more with impatience than equanimity.
One in five Israeli women who get cosmetic procedures show signs of addiction, study finds
Hebrew University researchers found low body esteem and problematic social media use were the strongest risk factors. "We wanted to understand the psychological factors," they told the Post.
Children of Holocaust survivors face higher schizophrenia risk, Israeli study finds
It’s known that the adult children of many Holocaust survivors suffer from trauma as a result of growing up with them and hearing about their horrific experiences, or when the parents refuse to share
'Ecology of healing': Israel's October 7 trauma victims say the system is failing them
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: Experts say Israel’s war-trauma system must evolve from disability ratings to rehabilitation. Will the next Knesset prioritize reform?
Israel launches major reform for wounded soldiers as PTSD cases continue to surge
The reform is based on the June 7 recommendations of a government committee that suggested radical changes to the handling of 50,000 emotional trauma cases of former IDF soldiers.
Sheba opens trauma treatment space in the heart of nature
The new center, the Fifth Element, which opened at the Sheba Rehabilitation Hospital, offers an innovative treatment combining nature, psychotherapy, bodywork, and community.
Trauma is a reality, but hope is a strategy
Hope is a rigorous, strategic framework built on early intervention, structured support, and a collective refusal to let trauma dictate a child's future.
Young man's severed head discovered by youth counselor near highway in central Israel
Sources familiar with the details told Walla that the body of a 22-year-old man, a resident of Rishon Lezion, who is known to the health system as a mental health patient, was found at the scene.