Category Archives: Diagnosis

Study ties insurgency phase of Iraq War to higher PTSD rates

Then they analyzed whether veterans who fought during the insurgency phase, during which more guerilla-style tactics were used, were more likely to develop PTSD than those who deployed during the initial invasion phase …

Robert Spitzer, Psychiatrist Who Helped Declassify Homosexuality …

Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, a pioneering psychiatrist who helped define the mental health field through his work on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), is now dead at the age of 83. As reported by The …

Smoking and Mental Illness | World of Psychology – Psych Central

According to the National Institutes of Mental Health, smoking can lessen the effects of antipsychotic medication. On the other hand, other studies have shown that smoking has positive effects on attention, working memory …

A&Es hit by children's mental health crisis | UK news | The Guardian

The government says it will invest £143m to improve children's mental health services in England this year, less than the £250m it had been expected to spend. Officials say it will make up the deficit later in the five-year …

Lisa Nicole Carson On Mental Illness: 'You Can Get To The Other …

Lisa Nicole Carson talks about her devastating bipolar disorder diagnosis.