The death of a loved one is often one of the most stressful experiences in life. Grief affects everyone in their own way. For some people, connecting with others and sharing their stories helps them ...

I love my 78-year-old mother and do whatever I can to help. But when she has computer trouble, she spins into a frustrated tech spiral, starts lashing out, and I want nothing to do with her. The ...

What we say and do can make all the difference in how people feel. Source: Priscilla Du Preez/Unsplash As someone who researches and teaches what makes emotional support effective, hands down the ...

Alcohol is the most widely used substance in the United States, and it’s often misused. According to the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 14.5 million people in the United States ages 12 ...

Giving emotional support is a way of helping people feel connected and less alone. Being emotionally supportive is not always easy, and different situations call for different types of support.

A support group is a gathering of people, either in person or virtually, who have a common condition, issue, or life circumstance in order to receive and offer mutual support and coping skills.

When my mother died, the first thing I did was call my two best friends. Like good friends will, they dropped everything and came to my rescue. Having them there made all the difference in getting ...

We hate to break the news to you: Facebook does not staff a team of customer service representatives working the phone lines to help you with a likely niche and nuanced problem. Not being able to ...

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society was founded in 1997 with a generous gift from Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman. The Berkman family has continued its steadfast support with periodic ...

Casey Murphy has fanned his passion for finance through years of writing about active trading, technical analysis, market commentary, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), commodities, futures, options, and ...

Note: For 2018 data on views of the death penalty, click here. As the Supreme Court prepares to hear the first of two death penalty cases in this year’s term, the share of Americans who support the ...

A PRRI survey out Wednesday shows that nearly a quarter of Americans support political violence heading into the 2024 presidential election, as an overwhelming majority believe democracy is at risk.