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 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
 Apr 12, 2024; San Francisco, California, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) drives between New Orleans Pelicans guards Dyson Daniels (11) and CJ McCollum (3) during the third quarter at Chase Center.

The power of human touch: A friendly pat on the back improves basketball performance

 Thinking icon.

People, including Israeli leaders, have difficulty making decisions, taking responsibility - study

 A PERSON looks on at a charred vehicle where seven World Central Kitchen employees were killed in an airstrike in the Deir al-Balah area of the Gaza Strip, last week.

The psychology of soldiers and accidents in the Hamas war

The Netflix logo is seen on their office in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US July 16, 2018.

Netflix portrayals of violence diminish teens' understanding of pain

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024.

Cognitive dissonance: Netanyahu's aggression shows he feels threatened

By Dr. Liraz Margalit
Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha resident Adi Peri began volunteering as soon as she was evacuated to Eilat.

Naturopathy expert and evacuee treats other October 7 survivors

 Dr. Noam Rudich, with dog.

War deprives women and youth of sufficient psychological therapists

How to get things done

Why do humans procrastinate - and how can we stop?

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Honoring EFRAT: An organization that provides support to parents

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN
 WHEN QUESTIONED about discrimination in state budget allocations, ultra-Orthodox respondents overwhelmingly felt they were treated unfairly, while secular respondents tended to deny such discrimination.

A look at competitive victimhood in Israeli society

By NECHUMI YAFFE
Nivedha Mohan Raj

WATCH: 'The more you read, the more curious you become'

 Goats can tell if you are happy or angry by your voice alone.

Got your goat? Research shows that goats read human emotion

 EMDR: IT BRINGS to light a different kind of global ‘warming.’

EMDR: The trauma therapy treatment that changes lives

By RACHEL RASHKIN-SHOOT
 An Israeli soldier adjusts a weapon on top of a vehicle, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near Israel's border with Gaza, southern Israel January 21, 2024.

Gaza border residents raise concerns over mental health, well-being

 Iraqis students gather during a protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Baghdad, Iraq, October 18

How does Hamas use psychological warfare to enhance its position?

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
Depression (illustrative)

Israel needs more mental health services in English

By Tatya Prochko
 THE FUNERAL of Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Eliraz Gabai, killed in Gaza, takes place in Tiberias, last week. Busy with fighting a war, attending funerals, and visiting the bereaved, we are suppressing a great deal of grief, the writer notes.

Responding to Israel's mental health crisis