Amanda Bynes‘ doctors told a judge on Thursday afternoon that the troubled actress is being treated for schizophrenia, RadarOnline.com has been learned. During a hearing at the Ventura County, Calif., mental facility where the 27-year-old is being held on an extended involuntary psychiatric hold, her treating physicians indicated that they would have a formal diagnosis […]
Category Archives: Schizophrenia
Are mental illnesses such as PMS and depression culturally …
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Young Minds Advocacy – Children's Mental Health Awareness Week
This week, in honor of Children's/Young People's Mental Health Awareness Week, Hear Me Out will feature two guest bloggers sharing their personal experiences of living with mental illness. These two young women are …
A mathematical window into schizophrenia – The Munich Eye
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Toward a new understanding of mental illness
Today, thanks to better early detection, there are 63% fewer deaths from heart disease than there were just a few decades ago. Thomas Insel, Director of the National Institute of Mental Health, wonders: Could we do the same for depression and schizophrenia? The first step in this new avenue of research, he says, is a […]