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Remediating dilapidated physical environments in urban settings can contribute to better mental health.

New research demonstrates the lasting effects of mindfulness training on stress and wellbeing among university students.

A group of French doctors presented a new study in the area of pediatric anesthesiology at this year’s World Congress of Anaesthesiologists in Hong...

A new study explores sexual violence and intimate partner violence in college women with mental health related disabilities.

Emotional support, religion, and searching for meaning are positively correlated with posttraumatic growth among prisoners.

Important assessment tool found to underestimate the risk for fracture in patients on psychiatric medication.

Study examines relationships between experiences of victimization, beliefs in government, and political participation among 12th grade students

A study examines the variables correlated with low levels of physical activity in persons diagnosed with psychosis in low and middle-income countries

Psychiatry doesn't care that you haven't committed a crime. The law gives them the authority to deprive you of your freedom for as long as they deem necessary.

Researchers find that patients are prescribed more pills than necessary after common surgical procedures

Contrary to widely-held belief, a new rigorous trial finds that ketamine is ineffective for delirium and pain associated with surgery, and the drug carries harmful side effects.

A new study examines the extent to which patterns in prescription drug misuse and substance use disorder symptoms can be predicted by education level

From my grandmother I learned about mishiguene, which means crazy in that ironic and funny tone that Yiddish can have in some families.

Les Ruthven addresses off-label prescribing as well as physicians’ anti-science pushback against the use of well-conducted clinical trials.

A new study in the journal PNAS explores whether brain scans are ineffective at identifying criminal intent in carefully designed situations.

Study highlights the importance of early interventions for institutionalized children.

There is no universal moral code: Elder law and the injustice and inhumane practice of legal guardianship are a calculated effort by the court, the attorneys, and the healthcare system.

A new study suggests that depressive symptoms in older adults can be improved with non-invasive behavioral activation techniques. These approaches appear to have a preventative effect, serving to prevent further depressive symptoms from developing.

Researchers investigate trends in opioid use, prescriptions, misuse, and access reported by adolescents and young adults.

In a recently published study, researchers concluded that first-episode schizophrenia patients who take antipsychotics continuously have lower mortality and lower risk of being rehospitalized than those who discontinue the drugs. Joanna Moncrieff and Sandy Steingard investigate the findings.

Researchers found that veterans with both conditions had higher odds of being prescribed second-generation antipsychotics than those presenting with just PTSD.

Beginning the discussion on depression and antidepressant drugs. Are they as effective and safe as psychiatry claims?

Some of the most marginalized and stigmatized people in a community are those with psychiatric diagnoses and those who are HIV positive.

Stone, M. B., Yaseen, Z. S., Miller, B. J., Richardville, K., Kalaria, S. N., & Kirsch, I. (2022). Response to acute monotherapy for major...

On antidepressants versus CBT, the buzz around ketamine, and drugs for postpartum depression.