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The judge hearing the case of Tim Danielson, who stands accused of shooting his ex-wife then attempting suicide, will allow expert testimony about the...

Other studies have shown that abstracts and press releases often mislead journalists about the significance of findings in behavioral genetics; but a new study...

Therapists can use music to meet the emotional and social needs of individuals with dementia.

In what may prove to be a tipping point for prosecutions against pharmaceutical companies, states are beginning to see their "enforcement efforts pay for...

GlaxoSmithKline, which previously announced it would suspend the practice of paying outside doctors to promote drugs, has announced that it will instead hire doctors...

The November issue of Nature Neuroscience is focused on discussions of "big data" initiatives for mapping the brain, finding genetic clues to psychology questions,...

Researchers shed light on hike in attempted suicide by self-poisoning in young adults between 2011 and 2018.

Research on neurochemicals associated with moods in mice and rats finds that, while less depression-like behavior was observed in those receiving fluoxetine (Prozac) administration...

Newborn rats can "learn" the fears their mothers have, and then will carry those same fears for the rest of their lives, according to...

A new NIH-funded study suggests that children from low-income environments are more likely to have neurological impairments. The researchers claim that these neurodevelopmental issues are “distinct from the risk of cognitive and emotional delays known to accompany early-life poverty.”

A study released online today by the British Journal of Psychiatry shows that the clinical profile of neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is similar in 1st- v....

Researchers in Italy found that first-generation immigrant patients  in Italy (100 patients compared to 100 controls) were three times more likely to be placed in...

A meta-analysis of studies of mental health websites by John Read found that 42% are either drug company owned or receive funding from drug...

Israeli researchers find that maternal skin-to-skin contact with pre-term infants are related to "dynamic cascades of child physiological regulation and parental provisions in shaping...

In a first for a major drug company, GlaxoSmithKline, the British pharma that was fined $3 billion for illegal marketing of Paxil and Wellbutrin,...

A paper by Joanna Moncrieff and Laura Allison in the journal History of Psychiatry reviews "the theory and practice of emergency sedation for behavioural...

Finnish researchers found that in a study of 3471 men and women, those living alone were almost twice as likely to use an antidepressant....

Although publication bias is known to be a serious problem that public drug trial registration is meant to address, only a fraction of journals...

A group of influential organizations are beginning an effort to change the entire way that psychiatric medications are named, according to a press release...

Antidepressants can affect neurotransmitters involved in regulation of the iris, say researchers in the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology. In a study of  acute angle-closure...

A study of the Swedish medical birth registry, conducted by researchers from Sweden, the U.K., and the U.S.A., found a 3.3X greater risk of...

Following Johnson & Johnson's $2.2 billion settlement for off-label marketing and kickbacks related to its antipsychotic Risperdal, Pennsylvania legislators Brandon Neuman and Tony DeLuca...

A study of 42 state Medicaid programs found that 58% of prescriptions for antipsychotics  were not for schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Off-label prescribing was most prevalent...

A team of American and Chinese researchers funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences report in JAMA Pediatrics that lead concentrations in...

The Washington Post reports that "a Maryland man was found not criminally responsible for shooting his wife in the neck in their home in...