Category Archives: Mental Illness

Why We Need to Rethink Mental Healthcare | Idea Forge

What does it mean to have a mental illness in America?

World Mental Health Day: recovery depends on the medicine of …

He told me about a period in his life when he spent four out of six years in a psychiatric hospital, had been sectioned under the Mental Health Act, experienced a debilitating psychosis, and was in a very bad place personally. …. Actually, I

Perceptual Disturbances Not a Major Predictor of Schizophrenia Onset

A new study has found that perceptual disturbances — a milder form of full-blown hallucinations — are not necessarily predictive symptoms of schizophrenia.

Why can't we treat mental illness by fixing the brai… – Aeon

Our understanding and treatment of mental disorders is primitive. Why is that? The burden on our society is huge. A quarter of women will have an episode of depression at some stage in their lives (it's about half that for men).

Why can't we unite neuroscience and psychiatry?

Our understanding and treatment of mental disorders is primitive. Why is that? The burden on our society is huge. A quarter of women will have an episode of depression at some stage in their lives (it's about half that for men).