I am not the happiest person. Some have described my comportment as curmudgeonly. Others characterize me as a fatalist or downright pessimistic. So when I read that students in Bruce Hood’s “Science ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This course is more than just suggesting that you 'cheer up' and 'look on the bright side.' akinbostanci/E+ via Getty Images Text ...

From therapy dogs to mental health days, schools have been trying every trick in the book to ease the student mental health crisis. Now teachers have another resource they could use: a high school ...

She was humbled to know that the class, called Psychology and the Good Life, had become the most popular in the university’s history. A free online version called The Science of Well-Being was then ...

When Yale psychology professor Laurie Santos witnessed the severity of the depression, anxiety and stress her students were facing, she decided to do something about it. Her “happiness” course – which ...

What prompted the idea for the course? I was discouraged. For nearly three decades, as a clinical psychologist, I trained mental health professionals on suicide assessment. The work was good but ...

New Delhi education minister Atishi Singh says that the “happiness curriculum” in schools develops children’s socio-emotional skills. Andres Oppenheimer NEW DELHI, India — At a time when polls show a ...

Are some people born happy, while others, somehow dealt the wrong cards from the same cosmic deck, are destined to struggle through life with angst and negativity? Jessica Kamrath, Cal State Fullerton ...