• A greater level of spirituality, regardless of the religion, has been linked to positive effects on mental health.
• The use of cognitive behavior therapy as treatment for insomnia has been found to improve the condition and have more long-term effectiveness than drugs.
• Your emotional response to an event affects how vividly you can remember it later.
• Studying obsessive-compulsive disorders in dogs could shed new light on how the disorders affect humans.
• Urban Native Americans who follow their culture’s spiritual beliefs are found less likely to use drugs and alcohol.

Heather Rudow is a staff writer for Counseling Today. Email her at hrudow@counseling.org.