Category Archives: Diagnosis

Risk Factors Help Predict Violence in Adults with Mental Illness …

New research suggest three factors increase the risk of violent behavior among people with mental illness. Investigators discovered alcohol use, engagement in violent behavior, or being the victim of violent behavior predict …

Telling the Story of Serious Mental Illness | Psychology Today

These are the students who were unlucky enough to be diagnosed with a serious mental illness sometime during their college career. When they got sick, their illness forced them to withdraw from classes, and they have never …

Researchers ID Risk Factors That Predict Violence in Adults With …

Researchers have identified three risk factors that make adults with mental illness more likely to engage in violent behavior.

Reducing Inflammation May Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia …

Cognition may improve significantly in schizophrenia patients when they are given anti-inflammatory treatment along with standard schizophrenia therapy, according to researchers at the Medical College of Georgia at …

Claire Gillan on the biology of mental illness – Aeon

For decades, the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), with its universal set of standards, has been widely considered the best tool for classifying and diagnosing mental illness.