CBD is so hot right now. The compound is being added to everything from gummies to lattes, attached to claims about how it can improve health in any number of ways. But what do we really know about the validity of those claims? And what...

MOT 1945: CHART: 'Wartime Population Increase California : 1,600 000; Washington: 450,000; Oregon 110,000' Animated 'Will Remain on West Coast: 1,510,000.'

Mikki vs the World is a creative, funny, and factual series designed to help teens get a grip on what’s happening inside their heads. Dr. M asks the teenage experts for tips on how to handle anxiety. These new techniques aren't quite...

Mikki vs the World is a creative, funny, and factual series designed to help teens get a grip on what’s happening inside their heads. Despite the encouraging lyrics of her new favourite song, Dr. M is overcome by worry when she learns...

MOT 1951: THERAPY: DRAMATIZATION: Doctor in lab coat talking w/ male at table, male saying SOT that he's nervous, lost job, has to be do something all the time, needs some help, doctor smoking pipe, nodding.

Clare Gerada was elected to lead the Royal College of General Practitioners in 2011, and represented over 40,000 doctors. She was the first female Chair in fifty years. She trained in psychiatry and maintains an interest in the...

Some of history's greatest philosophers have spent their entire lives writing about the meaning of life. Why are we here? Surely there must be a reason? Many people in western culture believe the meaning of life is to "be happy". Alan...

Between 1863 when Munch was born and the years before the first world war, European cities were going through unprecedented change. Industrialization and economic change brought anxieties and obsessions, political unrest, and...

This video discusses the concept of phobias, which are intense and irrational fears of certain objects or situations. It explains that phobias can develop from traumatic experiences and highlights common types of phobias such as animal...

The treatment of Caribbean immigrant children affronts British decency, and the initial response of UK Prime Minister Theresa May to public anger was hopelessly out of touch.

Mikki vs the World is a creative, funny, and factual series designed to help teens get a grip on what’s happening inside their heads. Mo's friend helps Dr. M convert her anxiety into excitement.

And Mo comes up with a new, less...

A lot of people are scared of death. But some people, including Leah, think about it an unhealthy amount. Thanatophobia is an irrational fear of death or the dying process. When we asked for your views, a lot of you said suffer from this...

Different people react to depression in different ways. Some people lose their appetite, while others eat more. The reason for this is that different parts of the brain control appetite variation in depressed patients. Depression-related...

This video explores the concept of FOMO (fear of missing out), a common anxiety that can make us feel regret for something that hasn't actually happened. Using the example of two friends who invested in Bitcoin, it examines how FOMO can...

How to pronounce Anxiety in English.

Joe is 34 and is facing his own death. He was given a terminal cancer diagnosis and has already lived longer than doctors predicted. He tells Leah how dying was nothing like he had anticipated, and he and his friends discuss the impact...

What does it mean to have a good death? Leah Green meets with Aly Dickinson, an end-of-life doula. Aly helps clients to plan what they want to happen at the end of their lives, and she accompanies them as they transition from life to...

Leah Green tries out a form of meditation which aims to help people who suffer from death anxiety. In the sixth episode of Death Land she visits Alua Arthur, an end-of-life doula who facilitates the meditation. Through visualising the...

Emotional support animals, or ESAs, have exploded across the US in recent years, with rising numbers of pet owners getting their animals certified online. Unlike in the UK, ESAs have legal status in the US on a tier below traditional...

In this video, the speaker discusses the importance of taking back control in life and work. They provide four ways to regain control, including assessing one's level of control, developing a mindset of being in control, asserting...

Lots of people have heard of Jerusalem Syndrome...the phenomenon of tourists suddenly having religiously-themed psychotic episodes upon visiting Jerusalem. But is this a real mental condition?

In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to learn how to manage fear. To demonstrate it is possible to overcome fear Todd will walk on a wire across two skyscrapers – a world first for...

Bibliography: Michael Jackson citation at 4:37 - 4:47: Citation from Existential Anthropology, p. 94 Joseph Henrich, Michal Bauer, Alessandra Cassar, Julie Chytilova, Benjamin Grant Purzycki, "War Increases Religiosity," Nature: Human...

FT's Daniel Garrahan tries out apps, corporate mindfulness, organic dance and a 'gong bath'