Mental Health

Israel approves NIS 60 million plan to support Nova massacre survivors through 2028

In order to ensure its implementation, the plan will be coordinated by a dedicated official within the Prime Minister's Office, who will monitor the program's status.

 The aftermath of Hamas's Nova music festival massacre in Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023. Picture taken November 2, 2023
Twenty years later, I was once again flying solo – but in a paperless world.

Want to be happier? Slow down and reconnect with your family

4 dietary nutrients closely linked to reducing depression

4 dietary nutrients closely linked to reducing depression

The ceremony inaugurating the Quiet Tent.

Afeka College's 'Quiet Tent': A space to cope and heal during a time of war, pain, and stress


"This is an unpopular opinion, but children's Zoom is critical to their resilience"

Many parents prefer to give up Zoom, claiming that "nothing is learned" or that "the children are not focused", but the truth is that it has enormous significance – especially on days like these.

Learning via Zoom

Between a siren and stressful news: How to strengthen mental resilience at home

The news and the sirens activate the body in a prolonged survival state. A mindfulness expert explains how it is possible to regulate thoughts, reduce stress and create emotional stability at home.

Practicing mindfulness

Emotional eating during war: Why it happens to us, and how to cope

All day long we open the refrigerator, eat foods high in sugar and fat and then are filled with feelings of guilt. How can emotional eating be identified, and what can be done to reduce it.

Emotional eating

The breathing technique that calms anxiety and is used by security organizations

It is simple, it is effective, and it can be done from anywhere – yes, even in a shelter next to other people. Meet the tactical counting technique that will calm you.

Breathe

Excessive thinking may increase anxiety – but there is a way to stop it

Excessive thinking intensifies anxiety and harms the sense of control, but it can be calmed using simple means. Here are 8 practical psychological tools for reducing mental overload.

Excessive thinking

A clinical psychologist explains: The method that calms anxiety – and takes less than a minute

We are in an extremely tense period and many people experience anxiety attacks. This is what can be done to calm down – and it takes a minute.

The method that calms anxiety – and takes less than a minute

Strong on the outside, cracked on the inside: The invisible price of getting used to war

We function and display impressive resilience, but behind the collective armor a quiet emotional burden is piling up that may erupt precisely when the quiet returns.

Beneath the surface of a disciplined and functioning public there are many injuries that are not being treated

Dr. Maya Rosman: Are you drinking more coffee now? What it does to stress

Our body is in a very high state of arousal during the days of war, so does another cup of coffee calm you down or actually harm you?

Does another cup of coffee calm you down or actually harm you?

Can dogs help ease teacher burnout in Israel’s schools during wartime? - study

Psychological buffer against wartime exhaustion for teachers revealed in new research.

A man hugging his dog

Prof. Hezi Levy joins Lemaanchem and will establish a center for eating disorder treatment

Amid a worrying rise in adolescent eating disorders, Prof. Hezi Levy is joining Lemaanchem as project director of the new center for combating them.

Prof. Hezi Levy with Lemaanchem directors