Scientists have found that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can reveal subtle changes in a specific area of the brain that can actually predict future cognitive or memory decline in healthy ... Read More

When you were growing up did the family eat dinner together? Did you go on family vacations? Does your family get together for holidays? A December 2002 ... Read More

A new study has found evidence that smoking between ages 18 and 21 may actually lower the risk of developing schizophrenia.The study, just published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, ... Read More

Some localities in Washington state are experimenting with a program known as mental health court. The idea is to reduce the number of frequent offenders by focusing on treatment ... Read More

One in nine young American adults may suffer from common mood disorders during their lives, according to results from a large, nationally representative survey. Certain segments of the population ... Read More

The dramatic changes taking place in China have taken a toll on the Chinese people. Change of any kind is stressful, and the changes in China have resulted in ... Read More

College students tend to super-size the alcohol in drinks that they pour themselves, making it likely that they are drinking more than they know, according to a new study. ... Read More

Police armed with a search warrant for a criminal investigation invaded Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch in central California Today. The pop superstar was not at home and said he knew ... Read More

Researchers at the University of Chicago have shown for the first time that strong sexual orientation among men appears to be connected with brain metabolism. The group men in ... Read More

Psychological aggression toward children is so common in American families that it was found in almost all the families studied in new research at the University of New Hampshire and ... Read More

A recent study suggests that adults who have advanced degrees are more at risk for poor mental health than the general U.S. population. Cheryl Koopman and her colleagues ... Read More

Tom O'Clair and his wife had to give up custody of their 12 year old son Timothy in order for him to get the mental health treatment that he needed. ... Read More

The Schizophrenia drug haloperidol may exacerbate the shrinking of the brain that seems to occur in schizophrenia. The newly reported multi-center study also found that olanzapine, a newer medication, ... Read More

British children whose mothers are diagnosed with depression after childbirth are at increased risk for violence by age 11. This appears to be especially if the mothers suffered repeated depression. Depression ... Read More

People diagnosed with depression are five times more likely to have sleep apnea, a breathing-related sleep disorder, than non-depressed people, according to a new study at the Stanford University School. This ... Read More

The city of Pune in India has approximately 25,000 people with schizophrenia, but medical facilities available in the city treat only 6,000 schizophrenics. Jim Crowe (that's really his name) president of ... Read More

Hypnotherapy is an effective long term treatment for irritable bowel syndrome, lasting for "at least five years," according to researchers in this month's edition of Gut. Read the British Medical Journal ... Read More

There appears to be no direct association between depression, extreme sensitivity to pain stimulus and how pain is processed in the brain in fibromyalgia patients with and without a diagnosis ... Read More

Children with older fathers have an increased risk of schizophrenia in later life. The authors of a new Swedish study suggested that this may be true because of mutations ... Read More