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We can assess whether Mad in America readers or JAMA Psychiatry readers are being provided with the most robust scientific literature.

Too many people see themselves as having mental disorders when what they have is emotion, and in some cases, a great deal of it.

In this new study, exposure to maternal anxiety in utero also harmed child development.

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

One of the original Open Dialogue researchers responds to a paper presenting a prejudiced and selective review of the scientific literature.

Ayurdhi Dhar interviews psychiatrist Swapnil Gupta on psychiatric drug discontinuation, drug cocktail risks, patient choice, and the need for trust and transparency.

The widespread use of psychiatric drugs reduces important conversations about the problems of being human while limiting our options for problem-solving.

New research finds insomnia, anxiety, and depression are common symptoms of antipsychotic withdrawal, highlighting difficulties of discontinuation.

How persistent, unbearable suffering, due to prolonged withdrawal from antipsychotics prescribed as a sleeping medication, led to euthanasia.

Sam Ruck shares his third excerpt from his book Healing Companions, which describes his life with, and love for, his wife and her “alters.” 

Amid mostly rude and unprofessional jibes, there were also some legitimate points, which are addressed here.

Philosopher Justin Garson discusses the potential benefit of looking at madness not as disease or defect, but as a designed feature.

Though there are obstacles, integration of peer support is already underway thanks to change agents in the mental health system.

New research finds the negative drug effects most commonly associated with initiating antidepressant discontinuation are anxiety, suicidal thoughts, vomiting, and rashes.

Psychiatry’s depression outcomes are poor because its bio-chemical-electrical treatments are based on a depression model that science has flushed down the toilet.

If one person is struggling, everyone in the family is struggling. Families need support.

Why are benzos, for short-term use only, being doled out, in some cases, for years? Nicole Lamberson and Mark Horowitz weigh in.

Author Deborah Kasdan discusses her memoir of her late sister, "Roll Back The World."

Educators and parents must equip children with the necessary tools to meet the normal problems of childhood that psychiatry attempts to address.

Research sheds light on the impact of antidepressants on sexual dysfunction, emphasizing the need for patient-physician communication.

While the study can’t confirm causality, it does contradict the notion that antidepressants reduce suicide at the population level.

This is what social media does, she says. It draws people in. It hurts people. In the worst cases, it kills people.

In public health, we talk about death. But we don’t talk about grief or bereavement. We don’t study the hole left behind in the family system or social sphere.

A psychiatrist and mom reflects on teen suicide clusters in Palo Alto and discusses alternative ways to address adolescent mental health.

Inpatient psychiatry is not a place of psychological healing; it is devoid of compassion and full of human rights abuses.