Widowed men and women who enjoyed good marriages when their spouses were alive are less likely than those whose marriages were bad to be depressed four years after their spouse's ... Read More

Bob Hsiung, M.D. has been one of the most active psychiatrists on the Internet. His site "Dr. Bob's Psychopharmacology Tips" is one of the best resources for clinical lore ... Read More

A new study is the first to look at exercise alone in treating mild to moderate depression. Adults who participated in 30-minute aerobic exercise sessions three to five times ... Read More

Psychologists in Tennessee and other states are fighting for the right to write prescriptions - like they can already do after receiving special training in New Mexico and Louisiana. ... Read More

The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that almost all of the people affected by the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia on December 26th are suffering from some form of ... Read More

A recently published study found that fluoxitine (Prozac) and cognitive behavior therapy were both of some benefit in treating social phobia (social anxiety disorder). Combining the two didn't seem ... Read More

Mental health courts appear to be gaining in popularity. Judges and law enforcement officials have expressed frustration with current systems of dealing with mental ill offenders. Creative sentencing ... Read More

Scottish scientists claim that an intelligence test they are developing will be able to predict whether people are likely to suffer schizophrenia up to three years in advance. ... Read More

Kathryn O'Neill has contributed a fascinating first-hand account of her own mental illness. A very brief excerpt: "From the start of my Music Degree until my second ward admission ... Read More

West Virginia is facing a crisis in mental health care and financing. Beds are short at state mental hospitals; and West Virginia hospitals have almost doubled their mental health ... Read More

Jennifer Traig writes about her struggle with OCD in a humorously self-depreciating way. There's the time that she turned orange from eating only carrots and cantaloupe, for example. Reading about ... Read More