Millions of Americans suffer with depression – and traditional medications used to treat the illness are expensive, and can have a lot of side effects. New research from the University of Vermont shows that over-the-counter magnesium could be effective to treat mild to moderate depression.

Sex and aging remains an uncomfortable topic for many people. But, a new study finds that your sex life is impacted by how old you feel, more so than by how old you actually are. In their weekly conversation, psychologist Dan Gottlieb and WHYY’s Maiken Scott discuss the findings.

Smoking marijuana impacts school performance – that’s what a large, long-term study finds. It was done by researchers at the University of Waterloo.

Hearing the word NO is better than getting no answer. And even unkind comments are better for well-being than being ignored by other people. That’s according to new research on the effects of social exclusion on people’s mental health. In their weekly conversation, psychologist Dan Gottlieb and WHYY’s Maiken Scott discuss the findings.

Betrayal in romantic relationships hurts, but it can cause psychological trauma – with long-lasting consequences.

In their weekly conversation, WHYY’s Maiken Scott and psychologist Dan Gottlieb discuss how betrayal affects people long after a relationship has fallen apart.

Dr. Dan Gottlieb returns as therapist to the complex characters of Shakespeare’s plays. Hamlet is the most studied, most performed and most adapted of Shakespeare’s plays by far, possibly of any play ever. Featuring Carmen Khan, Artistic Executive Director of The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre and actor Josh Kachnycz as Hamlet, Dr. Dan improvises a therapy session with Hamlet and later the three discuss why Hamlet is such an interesting character study. The play deals in grand and ageless themes of the human condition— loss and betrayal, the need for truth, the complexity of human desire, and the parent-child relationship.

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Most of us know somebody who is always negative – predicting worst-case scenarios, seeing only what went wrong, and what they don’t have.

In their weekly conversation, WHYY’s Maiken Scott and psychologist Dan Gottlieb discuss if negative thinkers can change…

Sesame Street has welcomed a new resident – a Muppet named Julia who has autism. In their weekly conversation, WHYY’s Maiken Scott and psychologist Dan Gottlieb discuss why this new character is giving hope to a lot of families affected by autism.

Are you avoiding looking at yourself in a mirror? No longer comfortable going to the pool – or maybe plagued by chronic pain? As we age, our relationship with our body changes. In their weekly conversation, WHYY’s Maiken Scott and psychologist Dan Gottlieb discuss how those changing emotions.

Anxiety disorders are rising in kids. In their weekly conversation, psychologist Dan Gottlieb and WHYY’s Maiken Scott talk about the potential reasons for the increase, and what parents can do.