The mind under pressure doesn't break—it forks. One stream runs your life; another holds what you couldn't feel then. Here's a way to think about how that works.

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The Atlantic C.E.O.—and author of “The Running Ground”—discusses four books about how demanding physical pursuits can change ...

Untreated chronic pain patients on waitlists for psychological care show no significant symptom change over short periods, according to a recent meta-analysis.

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Nurse Rod Salaysay works with all kinds of instruments in the hospital: a thermometer, a stethoscope and sometimes his guitar and ukulele.

Women with a history of chronic pain or chronic widespread pain are more likely to experience a greater burden of menopausal ...

A study from the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom found that one's ability to cope with pain plays a big role ...

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Anthony Todd Boyd should not be the eight man executed with the controversial method of nitrogen ...

The amount of physical activity someone with chronic pain does depends far more on how well they cope with pain (their ...

From September 19 to 21, the first solo exhibition of clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and artist Eleonora Gotti (real ...

A new study reveals that how people think about and cope with chronic pain is more important than the pain itself in determining physical activity levels.