The Expenses of Depression

Exploring the ethics of new brain implant technology. By Dahlia Schilling and Kalyani Puthenpurayil Recently, the University of California San Francisco conducted a study on whether brain implants can help treat severe and treatment-resistant depression. The experiment has only been conducted on one patient thus far but results look promising and the scientists are looking …

Last Summer

How one summer illustrated the strength of grief and the importance of defeating it

Reimagining Psychiatry

Exploring the pros and cons behind psychiatric treatments in addition to the development of the wirelessly charged brain implant to treat the same.

Smile

The effects of eating disorders and the power of self-love

You knew it all along, didn’t you?

Exploring the effects of hindsight bias on students’ and athletes’ success.

Stolen Heart

The old man had come to collect the body he was owed. The sound of his frame subtly clanking across marble floors was his child’s death knell, simultaneously silent and an all-consuming roar.  His child heard, and his child feared. It was not a strong fear, but a small, empty one, as silent and loud …

Thank You, Jeanette

Bill has had a small chip in his brain for as long as he can remember. Her name is Jeanette, his friend, his only friend. The only person he has ever needed. Her presence is his constant. She is a part of him, to an extent that even he doesn’t understand. By Arnav Rathee The …

The Road to Recovery During a Pandemic: Addressing Eating Disorders

How MVHS students are tackling the problem of eating disorders during a pandemic through the creation of a simple journal style app. By: ANgelina Alex Roopa Having to social distance because of the widespread fear of COVID-19 and unable to enjoy the “high school experience,” many of us were discontent with the pandemic and all …

Give Lucid Dreaming a Try

The science behind lucid dreaming and its positive impacts on metacognition and mental health

Avoiding Alzheimer’s

Can this neurodegenerative disorder can be fixed anytime soon? By Hira Sundar Imagine a world where you can’t trust even yourself — where everything is not as it seems — so you stay hypervigilant to combat the stress that torments your unsleeping mind. Imagine a world, dark and dim, where all you know is that …