Category Archives: Depression

Therapy wars: the revenge of Freud | Oliver Burkeman – The Guardian

The long read: Cheap and effective, CBT became the dominant form of therapy, consigning Freud to psychology's dingy basement. But new studies have cast doubt on its supremacy – and shown dramatic results for …

Cortisol levels in children's hair may reveal future mental health risk …

Continued: Cortisol levels in children's hair may reveal future mental health risk …

'My Depression' Author Elizabeth Swados on Her Brother's Mental …

But long before she wrote about her own mental illness, Swados wrote about her brother's. In an excerpt from her memoir, The Four of Us: The Story of a Family, which appeared in The New York Times Magazine in August …

Mouse Study May Offer Clues to Mysteries of Schizophrenia – Health …

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 6, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Results of experiments with mice may help shed light on some of the harder-to-treat symptoms of schizophrenia in humans, a new study suggests.

Changes in Brain Connectivity May Protect Against Bipolar Disorder …

Why do some individuals develop bipolar disorder while their high-risk siblings do not? A new study has found that naturally occurring changes in brain wiring may help people at high genetic risk of developing bipolar avert …