Genes connected to the two disorders may only be active for a brief window of time.
Mental Illness
Should Mentally Ill Patients Be Allowed to Smoke?
Smoking has long been tolerated in psychiatric institutes, but administrators want to ban the habit
Yoga and the Mind: Can Yoga Reduce Symptoms of Major Psychiatric Disorders?
Yoga does the body good, and according to a new study, it may ease the mind as well.
How Keeping Psych Records Too Private Can Hurt Patient Care
The latest research suggests that preventing psychiatrists from sharing their patients’ records with their other doctors may actually do more harm than good.
Oxytocin May Forge Bonds Between Dads and Children
The latest research suggests the ‘love hormone’ could also help in treating conditions such as autism, schizophrenia and addiction that are triggered by disrupted relationships.
19.6
— Percent of Americans over 18 participating in a national survey of drug use and health who were diagnosed with a mental illness in 2011.
Redefining Crazy: Changes to the Bible of Psychiatric Disorders
What the new version of psychiatry’s bible means for you
Munchausen By Internet: Faking Illnesses Online
Why would someone pretend to be a cancer patient who became pregnant after being raped by her uncle?
The Trouble With Talk Therapy
“What brand is your therapist?” Exploring the latest marketing trend among psychotherapists.
Older Fathers Linked to Kids’ Autism and Schizophrenia Risk
Don’t blame older mothers for their offsprings’ developmental problems. A new study finds “there is probably much more reason to be concerned with the age of the father”
Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Bipolar 2: A Diagnosis Muddled by the Market
Why the Congressman’s recent diagnosis of bipolar 2 has a history of controversy
Inside the Hoarder’s Brain: A Unique Problem with Decision-Making
Why do some people find it impossible to get rid of old newspapers and junk mail, and end up hoarding them instead?
Study: Shaky Mental Health Linked to Higher Death Risk
Mild psychological distress — even at levels well below the cut-offs for, say, clinical depression or anxiety — appears to put people at higher risk of death, a new study finds