The teenage boy was sleeping nearly all day. And when he was awake, he felt like he was cut off from reality. What was going on?

Research shows that if you expect help, you might not appreciate it

It's like going off a drug.

Mindfulness meditation training is associated with changes in resting-state brain activity, according to new research conducted with elementary school ...

Discovery of metabolic causes opens door to new treatments for dangerous eating disorder

There are global concerns about a growing dependency upon a biological approach to treating mental health issues.

At times, it feels the ADHD brain is never sated — particularly when it comes to common sources of stimulation like video games, sex, and substances. Here’s why your brain craves these things…

Male rage can be deadly at any time or any place, and at every level of analysis.

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Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by obsessions and compulsions.

PTSD stands for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is caused by experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. Hearing about a traumatic event that happened

In 2018 I was diagnosed with cyclothymia. It was one of the hardest things I have been through in my life. My diagnosis was also one of the best things

Discovery of metabolic causes opens door to new treatments for dangerous eating disorder

New research suggests ketogenic diet may play a role in treating schizophrenia.

It took more than 25 years, but the American Psychoanalytic Association has issued an apology for saying in the past that homosexuality was a disorder, an unfounded claim that made life more dangerous for LGBTQ people during that time. The apology, offered by the group’s president Dr. Lee Jaffe at its annual conference last week, was greeted with a standing ovation. It may be the first apology of its kind from any U.S. medical or mental health group.

Cannabis use is associated with reduced brain volumes in a region involved in facial emotion processing, according to a new study in Psychiatry Research

And it turns out it's a positive thing

Challenges to the legitimacy of the profession have forced it to examine itself, including the fundamental question of what constitutes a mental disorder.

Dr. Richard Green, one of the earliest and most vocal critics of psychiatry’s classification of homosexuality as a mental disorder, died on April 6 at his home in London. He was 82. The cause was esophageal cancer, his son, Adam Hines-Green, said. Dr. Green, who was also a forceful advocate for gay and transgender rights in a series of landmark discrimination trials, became aware of the marginalization of people because of their sexual and gender identities while training to be a doctor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, a leader in the study of sexuality.

In January 1973, Science published an article called ‘On being sane in insane places’. The author, psychologist David Rosenhan, described how he and seven other healthy people had reported themselves to a dozen psychiatric hospitals, claiming to hear voices uttering odd words such as ‘thud’ or ‘hollow’ — a symptom never reported in the clinical literature.