Category Archives: NPR

'Disability rights in UK could be violated' by welfare reforms, UN to …

United Nations officials are to visit the UK to investigate whether the government's controversial welfare reforms are committing “grave violations” of disabled peoples' human rights. A Scottish disability charity said it had been …

My Battles with Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and …

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 that point.

Intelligence, creativity and bipolar disorder may share underlying …

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.

Ask a North Korean: how do you treat mental illness? | World news …

In an ongoing series, NK News poses a reader's question to a defector who fled the DPRK. Here, the poor state of psychiatric care comes under scrutiny.

Jiu Jitsu instructor helps veterans cope with PTSD | FOX5 San Diego …

The second-degree black belt not only instructs classes, but also helps veterans suffering from PTSD. “Some people preach from the pulpit, some people heal from the doctor's room, and I heal from the mat,” Gallegos said.