There’s an interesting study here about how CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) may be used as a preventative measure to prevent psychosis and stave off schizophrenia.

The New York Times ran this portrait of a man with schizophrenia, who is trying to achieve goals despite his illness. The article notes many barriers, and notes his fortitude in trying to get an education and […]

Many people experience stressors and life events during the holidays that negatively impact mental health. If you or someone you know needs support, one place to call is the NAMI HelpLine here.

Machines Like Us has an interesting article about how brains of people with schizophrenia try to heal damage caused by the disease.

Today is the 20th annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities:

Over one billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the world’s population, live with some form of disability.

Persons with […]

The U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities can be found here.

Currently, Republicans are trying to block the U.S. from adopting it.

NAMI just put out a new fact sheet on Schizoaffective Disorder here.

This is a very good article written by a person who cares for his son with schizophrenia. Most people with schizophrenia, I hear, are not open about having the illness. And close family members, too, tend to keep […]

Getting enough sleep is good for psychiatric health. Scientific American reports on some of the research:

People with depression or other mental illnesses often report trouble sleeping, daytime drowsiness and […]

Part of my symptoms of OCD are moral (not religious) scrupulosity. So, moral issues, thoughts and compulsions have been quite common for me. However, research suggests that people with OCD and not […]

I just read this damning report on the treatment of patients with schizophrenia in the UK. I’ve read that UK treatment of patients with severe mental illness was more progressive than in the US. I don’t know if […]

Today, NAMI put out a helpful fact sheet on Dissociative Disorders:

 What is dissociation?

A number of people with mental illnesses experience dissociation: a disturbance of thinking, awareness, identity, […]

There’s been a long debate about whether adolescent cannabis use can lead to adult psychosis. Since a couple of states moved to decriminalize cannabis use, there’s a new article at Machines Like Us about the […]

Recently, scientists set out to get a sense of the stereotypes and stigmatization associated with mental illness on the whole as well as stigmas associated with sub-types of mental illnesses.

Here’s a segment […]

Neuroskeptic has an interesting post about a new diagnosis, CMDD. Catagorised as a Mood Disorder in the new, upcoming DSM, experts are calling out reasons why this may be a bad diagnosis, especially for children. <a […]