When Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder Combine Borderline Personality Disorder was so named in the middle of the 20th century to describe a psychiatric disorder thought to be bordering […]

Mental health services are turning away too many children in care, MPs have been told.

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On Monday, Nov. 30, Royal Palm Beach High School students attended the Mental Health Awareness Fair held during all three lunch periods. The fair had a carnival-like atmosphere and included games. Music was […]

She's always been pretty open about dealing with her depression and anxiety, but Catelynn Lowell recently opened up about her postpartum depression, and what she had to say blew us away. The Teen Mom OG star […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — In just a few weeks when you fill out your tax forms, you'll notice something different. It's a new box you can check off to help support mental health awareness. It's a first of its k […]

Fat in the diet has been maligned for years, but new evidence shows that fat is actually beneficial for the brain and neurological function and may be useful in the treatment of psychiatric disorders such as […]

… Care Transition. Posted on December 17, 2015 by DisabilityRightsIowa. Important Update: CMS Delays Approval of Medicaid Managed Care until March 1, 2016, but only if certain conditions are met. See the […]

But Boulter — who suffers from onset dementia, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia — never showed. And he has not been seen since. Police say he was last seen wearing blue pants and a red jacket, and the […]

Watch this short video regarding ADD and PTSD treatment options that I made during the filming of my new television special, On the Psychiatrist's Couch…

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Historic wisdom has held that high doses of antipsychotic medications are the most effective treatment for schizophrenia — but that wisdom has been challenged by a new study reported in an article in The New Y […]

On our clinical palliative care service at the San Francisco VA we have also observed PTSD symptoms escalating near the end of life. As VJ notes in her essay, many of the medications we use in palliative care […]

1. This meta-analysis showed no differences between remission or response rates of major depressive disorder (MDD) when comparing monoamine reuptake inhibitors (MAOIs) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as […]

But, as she argues in her exquisitely written and well-supported book, accepting the notion of “catching” mental illness requires blurring the line between afflictions of the mind and body, a false dic […]

New Year's resolutions often focus on improving physical health, but what if you focused on mental health this year? While the culture at large often dismisses mental self-care, in part because of the stigma […]

They treat depression as if it were caused by a chemical imbalance: Pump in more of one key ingredient, or sop up another, and you will have fixed the problem. Beck_BR-2 Prepared: One day, soldiers heading […]

Depression is the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting 30 percent of Americans at some point in their lives. But despite half a century of research, ubiquitous advertising, and […]

There was much talk about “the elephant in the room” during the Board of Supervisors' lengthy discussion of major reform efforts underway the past two years on how mental-health services are delivered in San […]

Complex post-traumatic stress disorder—the result of sustained abuse over time—is difficult to diagnose, making it harder for those who suffer from it to move on.

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One of my Bipolar symptoms is rapid cycling. Sometimes I spin into Bipolar Disorder Depression and anxiety. Simple things become difficult. Getting dressed and out of the house? So hard! But I must have social […]

“Workin' On,” a powerful 12-minute mini-movie featuring Colt Ford's hit song which shines a spotlight on one of the biggest health crises facing soldiers returning from deployment: post-traumatic stress dis […]