People with Tourette syndrome often describe a rising, uncomfortable sensation just before a tic fires, a feeling they cannot ...

China-style mediation is less shock-and-awe, but more slow cooking. Earlier this month, in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, China convened Afghan and Pakistani officials for a week ...

The point is, for a lot of people, it really does feel like it’s time to log off, whether that’s setting aside a few days to ...

Signs of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in women, plus how they can cope with its intrusive thoughts and obsessive ...

Many of us have rituals or habits to cope with worry that give us more of a sense of control. But here’s when they might be ...

This post was written by Léna Nagy, Ph.D., researcher at the School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, and Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, ...

Auto-enrolled defined contribution pension schemes, with £800bn of investments, are a huge success because bold decisions were taken by the government, regulator and, initially somewhat reluctantly, ...

When Atlantic writer McKay Coppins was offered the opportunity to spend an NFL season exploring sports betting by wagering on the games' outcomes and writing about it, he shrugged off a trusted ...

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) president Thol. Thirumavalavan on Saturday (March 21, 2026) said he had to consider candidates from the constituencies allotted to the party, since the seat ...

Kevin Spacey, the former star of House of Cards, took the witness stand at a California civil trial Tuesday and acknowledged he was formally diagnosed with “sexual compulsive behavior” in 2017 after ...

Summary: Why do people with compulsive traits—seen in OCD, addiction, and eating disorders—rely so heavily on repetitive habits? According to a new study, it’s not because they can’t plan for the ...

A typical example of OCD consists of someone compulsively washing their hands in an agitated state, feeling compelled to follow OCD-imposed “rules” about how to, and how many times to, wash, and when ...