Psychiatrist Randolph Nesse, one of the founders of evolutionary medicine, explains why natural selection did not rid our species of onerous psychiatric disorders
Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen puts to rest four common travel anxieties
Enormous genomic analysis yields tantalizing insights into mechanisms behind conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
As a family member, encouraging a loved one to seek mental health treatment is one of the thinnest tightropes we can walk
Schizophrenia shares some genetic variants with several psychiatric conditions—and similar overlaps are seen for personality traits and migraines in a massive study
A fresh wave of research involves reprogramming ordinary skin cells into those found in the brain
Research presented at a Berlin psychiatric conference shows teenage cannabis use hastens onset of schizophrenia in vulnerable individuals
Complex computer modeling demonstrates that obsessive-compulsive disorder patients learn about their environments but don’t use that information to guide their actions
It’s the most dramatized of the personality disorders, but one of the least understood. This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen clears the air with nine signs of borderline personality disorder...
Have you ever wondered if your coworker or estranged family member could possibly be suffering from a clinical personality disorder? Why are they so difficult to deal with?
“Pets on the Couch” author Nicholas Dodman argues that animals have mental health problems similar to our own, and benefit from similar treatments
The nervous and immune systems are tightly intertwined. Deciphering their chatter might help address many brain disorders and diseases
Cognitive-behavioral therapy helps to treat symptoms of schizophrenia for which drugs are ineffective
