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PRACTICE GRATITUDE for the things going well in your life.

Coping one day at a time: Israeli perspectives on war and emotional resilience

By DR. MIKE GROPPER

Image of two identical twins Ava and Leah, 25 May 2018. Uploaded on 8/5/2024

New study into identical twins suggests a possible treatment for people with schizophrenia disorder

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Understanding NLP therapy

By in collaboration with zap doctors

Nigerian Kehinde Avose wears chains on his neck while re-enacting the days of slavery for American visitors in the former slave port of Badagry town south-west Nigeria August 25, 2002. More than fifty black Americans, including seven mayors, are in Lagos for the Second Black Heritage Festival.

Four people arrested for supposedly enslaving mentally disabled man for 17 years in Portugal

By REUTERS

An illustrative image of mindfulness meditation.

Mindfulness: Is freeing yourself harder than parting the Red Sea?

By SUSIE KEINON

APPRECIATE THE beauty of each day: Buttercup field, April 1.

Perceived age number: How old do you feel you are?

By DR. BATYA L. LUDMAN

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi gives a statement to the media at an army base in southern Israel, December 26, 2023.

IDF forms committee to honor hostages and civilians in combat

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit at the women's MCI drill, October 12, 2021.

Health Ministry searching for candidates for the position of Suicide Registrar

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

INNOVATION EXPERTS visit Kibbutz Magen, near the Gaza Strip. (20/4/2024)

Crisis as a catalyst, will Oct. 7 reshape the Israeli tech ecosystem?

By BAR PEREG , ALINA SHKOLNIKOV SHVARTSMAN

Team Mordy in action at the Miami Marathon.

Survivors stand against sexual abuse in NYC's Orthodox community

By ELI MANDELBAUM

Israelis who's family members are held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza protest during a Finance committee meeting, in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on January 22, 2024.

Israel's mental health crisis is not looming, it's already here

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Family and friends of Israeli soldier St.-Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Zvika Lavi mourn at his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on December 12, 2023, Lavi succumbed to his wounds last night after being wounded fighting in the Gaza Strip.

Defense ministry: 7,209 wounded, 2,111 with emotional harm

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Watching sports is good for your brain (17/4/2024)

Watching sports boosts well-being, offering positive psychological and neurophysiological benefits

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Survivors of the Nova festival massacre speak at a debate at the Knesset. April 16, 2024.

Nova survivors tell Knesset health committee: We are not getting enough treatment

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

SGT. GAYA ZUBERY, a paramedic in the 188th Armored Brigade who was shot and seriously wounded while treating wounded soldiers in Gaza, undergoes rehabilitation at Sheba Medical Center.

Charting a path forward for mental health care in the wake of war

By YOEL HAR-EVEN

Many Israeli healthcare professionals who have been treating trauma are themselves traumatized

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

SHIFT TO self-orientation.

Co-dependency: Why can't I stop putting others before myself?

By DR. MIKE GROPPER

Sad teen (illustrative)

Trauma support requests surged in 2023, many for October 7 survivors and war victims

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF