A small new paper in the British Journal of Psychiatry adds to the debate, offering a new perspective on how schizophrenia is experienced across cultures. Stanford anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann worked with a team of …
Category Archives: Schizophrenia
How Culture Affects Mental Illness: Do Crazy Times Make People …
The science behind America's deepening disturbance.
Young Minds Advocacy – Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental illness is the number one health issue affecting young people in the U.S., surpassing both asthma and diabetes. Four million American youth deal with a serious mental health issue that affects their everyday lives.
More than a Hundred Genetic Variants Tied to Schizophrenia
To a large extent, schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders are illnesses caused by genes. Now teams of scientists from research centers around the world, looking at the genetics of nearly 80,000 people, have worked …
Introduction to Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
As you may know, July is Minority Mental Health Awareness Month—a month-long campaign aimed at improving access to mental healthcare for multicultural communities. Accordingly, Hear Me Out is turning its focus to key …