Julian Vigo / TruthdigMay 23, 2018
The push to end involuntary confinement four decades ago had unintended consequences that are being paid today by those forced to live with untreated mental illness. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 14, 2015
Bournemouth University health and social science professor Colin Pritchard urges governments to act on research showing more and more people are getting dementia in middle age. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 16, 2013
England's Division of Clinical Psychology, which represents more than 10,000 practitioners, has criticized the latest edition of the field's leading diagnostic manual for its categorizing of normal behaviors -- such as shyness in children and depression after the death of a loved one -- as medical problems treatable with drugs. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 20, 2012
It's long been a subject of controversy, as well as a few dramatic movie scenes, but electroconvulsive therapy, aka shock therapy, also appears to work when other treatments don't in some persistent cases of depression. Now the medical community has a little more insight into how it helps patients. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 29, 2012
Having trouble catching enough shut-eye? Consider this before reaching for the Ambien: According to a new study published in BMJ Open, the potential risks of popping pills to help you sleep may far outweigh the benefits. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 30, 2011
This may not come as particularly surprising news, but psychiatry experts tasked with examining Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian man who killed 77 people and injured 151 in a mass shooting in his home country last summer, have concluded that he is insane. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 31, 2011
Dr. Marcia Angell has drawn harsh criticism from members of the psychiatric community for her essay doubting the efficacy of antidepressants, published in The New York Review of Books last month. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 14, 2011
A serious conversation is under way in the United States on the subject of psychiatric drugs The debate consists of three fundamental issues: first, whether antidepressants actually treat depression; second, the vast, growing body of evidence that psychotropic medications (more). Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 24, 2011
The man accused of carrying out the anthrax attacks that killed five people and made 17 others sick, the late Dr. Bruce Ivins, on the basis of his psychological profile should not have been allowed to have access to the toxic spores, according to a new report. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 16, 2010
Cast your mind back to a time before sex addiction qualified as a legitimate issue rather than a snarky euphemism (although for some that might still be the case) Hard to remember, what with the Bill Clintons and Tiger Woodses (continued). Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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