Psychology & Psychiatry

Night owl behavior could hurt mental health, sleep study finds

Night owls, brace yourselves. A new study by Stanford Medicine researchers has found that following your natural inclination to stay awake until the early morning hours is a bad choice for your mental health.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Why optimism can be dangerous during a pandemic

For those of us who insist on seeing the glass half full, even when the miserable brigade point out that it's also half empty, COVID-19 poses particular challenges.

Psychology & Psychiatry

How to support a friend facing a medical crisis

Cynthia Perlis, author of "Bedside Manners: What to say and what not to say when someone is ill," shares her most important takeaways from 30 years of listening to cancer patients at UCSF.

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