Studies have shown that trauma victims are more likely to develop PTSD if they have previously experienced chronic stress, and a new study from MIT may explain why. The researchers found that animals who […]

New research suggests an explanation for the relationship difficulties experienced by people with borderline personality disorder. Investigators from the University of Georgia used functional magnetic […]

The book tells the story of Dave and five others whose lives have been impacted by mental illness Dave has bipolar disorder and severe anxiety and suffered in silence for most of his adult life Five years ago […]

How Social Phobia Evolves- The Negative Cycle of Social Anxiety Disorder … Today, I'm going to talk about the negative cycle of social phobia. Social phobia is about anxiety about being scrutinized in social […]

How Social Phobia Evolves- The Negative Cycle of Social Anxiety Disorder … Today, I'm going to talk about the negative cycle of social phobia. Social phobia is about anxiety about being scrutinized in social […]

This corruption is even more true in mental health, where substance use has become synonymous with substance abuse, and the mental health system oversees abstinence-based treatments that are often the criminal […]

Those with borderline personality disorder, or BPD, a mental illness marked by unstable moods, often experience trouble maintaining interpersonal relationships. New research indicates that this may have to do […]

Researchers at the University of Oslo have tested a new device for delivering hormone treatments for mental illness through the nose. This method was found to deliver medicine to the brain with few side […]

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Changes in eyes related to development of schizophrenia

Mayor Bill de Blasio today said the nation needed to to curb the availability of guns to those with mental health problems. … De Blasio: Virginia Slayings Show Need for Gun Control and Mental Health […]

The Obama administration is warning state and local officials not to discriminate against people with disabilities who have children or would like to.

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A social media campaign started in memory of a Northamptonshire farmer who committed suicide last year raises awareness of mental health issues in farming.

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Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder are usually not thought of as having anything to do with sexism. But for me, the depression that would turn into my bipolar disorder that would turn into my […]

In the most comprehensive study to date, researchers have identified a potential link between microbes (viruses, bacteria and fungi) in the throat and schizophrenia. This link may offer a way to identify […]

A brief blog post discussing further research suggestive that social anxiety disorder (SAD) may be prevalent in cases of adult autism.

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Questioning Answers: Social Anxiety Disorder and autism (again)

You deserve to have the best possible life – but if you're anything like this comic artist was, you may not see a point in getting mental health care. Follow along with the steps Crass took to get p […]

I have obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. I was diagnosed the summer before my freshman year in high school, though I likely dealt with one or both illnesses for most of my life to […]

Study linking high childhood IQ with bipolar traits later in life suggests that mood disorders may be the genetic price we pay for intelligence and creativity.

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Schizophrenia is associated with structural and functional alterations of the visual system, including specific structural changes in the eye. Tracking such changes may provide new measures of risk for, and […]

IRVINE — The University of California Student Association selected mental health awareness as the subject of its next campaign at its 17th annual congress that took place over the weekend. At its annual c […]