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Mental Health


Understanding mental health is vital for educating, empowering, and reducing stigma as well as improving mental well-being for individuals and society.

Children at play in kindergarten, Yashresh moshav.

How attachment theory can help Israeli parents understand children's behavior

Israelis in a bomb shelter

"I am functioning, but I have no energy for anything": The phenomenon threatening Israelis

By Michal Shraga Slonim
Emotional eating

It is not hunger: The real reason you are reaching for the refrigerator

Mental health crisis spinning out of control

Mental health crisis spinning out of control

One of the most significant factors in accelerated aging is chronic stress

The 4 things that make you age – and you have control over them

By Fraidy Margalit
Mourners hug each other at a funeral in Jerusalem in March during the latest Iranian conflict.

AI tools can help reduce anxiety and depression symptoms, Israeli study finds

Social media and the algorithm move faster than facts and claims can be verified.

Study finds five social media posts may shape lasting opinions

Movement and physical activity play a meaningful role in coping with loss.

Sometimes healing begins with movement

By Dr. Mordechai Ben Ari
A woman laughing

This is an action we do not do often, but its effect on the body is crazy

By Dr. Lee Erez
Sad, child and crying on floor in home with mental health, abuse or anxiety from trauma.

How to speak about the hard truth of child abuse

By Eran Zimrin
Teenagers arrive tense, angry, lonely, distrustful, and completely closed off, and then have their emotional state change through their encounter with the waves.

When humanity meets the sea: Surfing as a source of solace from trauma

By OMER TULCHINSKY
'Coping, in this sense, is not about ignoring the fog or pretending it isn’t there,' says the writer.

Through the fog: Finding steadiness in a time of uncertainty and war

By MIKE GROPPER
Talk more

People are talking to each other much less – and it has a dangerous effect

By WALLA! HEALTH
The ability to maintain a positive attitude and manage anger, may affect overall health and life expectanc

Scientists discovered: A simple daily habit increases life expectancy by 15%

By Doron Kuperstein
Magen David Adom staff members work at the emergency dispatch center in Ramla, central Israel, March 6, 2026.

Magen David Adom announces new mental health emergency response unit

Noam Bettan

"Anxiety can actually help": The psychologist who explains how to win the Eurovision

By WALLA! HEALTH
About 45% of men testify that they experience loneliness

The silent crisis of men: This is what life looks like after age 50

By WALLA! HEALTH
Depression is not a temporary bad mood or a short period of sadness, but a significant mood disorder that may affect daily routine, everyday functioning, and relationships

Study finds – women experience depression at twice the rate of men

Why do people with post-trauma avoid dental treatments?

Why do people with post-trauma avoid dental treatments?

By Dr. Lior Levy
The war may be over, but the stress remains and it is dangerous

The war may be over, but the stress remains and it is dangerous

By Dr. Yevgeny Moskovitz , Sigal Harel
It's OK to stop from time to time

Between routine and emergency: How do we slowly return to a reality that changed quickly?

By Nadav Harris , Clinical Psychologist
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