We don’t think of emotional states as passing from one person to another, but a new study suggests some depressive thoughts can go viral. Researchers studying a group of college students found that ...

A new study reports a potential neurological link between adverse experiences in childhood and the negative thinking patterns characteristic of mood disorders. Researchers found that a specific ...

Nipping negative repetitive thinking in the bud has the potential to stave off numerous mental health disorders. Think Eeyore and Piglet. Cheerful Piglet is a chronic worrier, coping with anxiety; ...

A new study has challenged the commonly held belief that consciously suppressing negative thoughts is bad for our mental health, finding that people who did so had lower levels of post-traumatic ...

When I am working with people, they tell me the most important thing they would like help with is releasing negative thoughts. I wish it could be so easy to let them go, but for many of us, negative ...

Even the most capable of professionals can find themselves caught up in unproductive thinking—especially when under pressure. Left unchecked, these patterns can affect decision-making, communication ...

Cognitive distortions are patterns of irrational thinking that can lead to an unrealistic view of reality. I’ve noticed that singles with intense and prolonged feelings of discomfort about their ...