Mental Health

The Time Diet: Lose weight without counting calories and without guilt

“I don’t have time” is the common excuse that keeps us from taking care of ourselves. Anat Inbar’s Time Diet offers a mindful approach that reconnects us to the present moment.

If we decide that “tomorrow we start a diet,” it’s likely that today we will already eat too much – because we think that tomorrow it will be over
Rehab Reimagined

Healing After War: Hadassah’s Comprehensive Path to Rehabilitation and Recovery

 Pictures of the participants of the Nova party who were murdered and kidnapped by the terrorist organization Hamas on October 7, 2023 are displayed at the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im, near the Israeli-Gaza border, November 28, 2023

We must tread softly among a torn and beautiful people - opinion

OCI EXECUTIVES, athletes and Ze BeNafshi members pose during their joint event over the weekend.

Olympic Committee of Israel and ‘Ze BeNafshi’ team up


Health Ministry's solutions for IDF mental health are inadequate, endanger soldiers - opinion

How can we deal with suicide if someone who turns to community mental health care has to wait months and even longer, only to receive a response that is sometimes minimal?

 An IDF soldier walks near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Israel, December 31, 2023.

The war isn’t over and the real battle has just begun - opinion

Since October 7, Israelis have lived with unrelenting trauma, and the country is in the midst of a mental health state of emergency.

VISITORS PONDER the scene of the Nova massacre. IDF soldier Daniel Edri burned himself alive after he told his mother that he could still smell and envision the dead bodies he had found on October 7 at the Nova site.

World Suicide Prevention Day: Each one of us can protect those close to us - opinion

Human connection is at the heart of prevention. Better an intervention that is too early than a missed opportunity that is too late.

A depressed woman

Mental health is vital for Israeli national security - opinion

By 2024, patients with depression and anxiety accounted for a quarter of all visits to family doctors.

 People take shelter in an underground parking lot in Tel Aviv, during ongoing missile attacks from Iran, June 24, 2025.

Baobab Studio - art as a healing space

A groundbreaking Israeli social initiative that combines art and wood carving with community and psychological support.

Artist Sasha Galitsky

Grapevine: Sharing is caring

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 STUDENTS study in the Beit Midrash of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem.

Adaptation and time: How we were adapting in the past, prior to October 7

Living according to an attitude of no choice has been a choice made by Jews and Israelis throughout our history. It has been part of our lives and an important means of adapting before October 7.

 The aftermath of Hamas's Nova music festival massacre in Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023. Picture taken November 2, 2023

Making sense of ourselves after October 7

How we can regain clarity, reconnect with ourselves and one another, and rebuild a shared sense of meaning in the aftermath of trauma.

 The aftermath of Hamas's Nova music festival massacre in Re'im, southern Israel, on October 7, 2023. Picture taken November 2, 2023

The brain and beyond: A first-aid kit for a stressed-out nation

Through understanding how the language of the brain works and its symptoms reflected in the body, we can live better and become better human beings.

 An illustrative photo of smiling and frowning faces.

Your mental health isn’t great either? You’re not alone – this is the situation in Israel

Data show that in the past decade there has been an increase of almost one hundred percent in visits to family doctors related to depression and anxiety.

A depressed woman

IDF soldier found lifeless, military police launch investigation

All findings will be forwarded to the military attorney's office for examination.

A memorial candle