In my initial post in 2018, a 2024 post, and a recent post, I faulted psychiatry for continuing its pursuit of brain diseases as causes for mental disorders when they have not found any in this ...

NYPD cops shot and wounded a knife-wielding maniac with a “history of mental issues” after he lunged at them inside a Queens home Monday morning, authorities said. Police were called to Parsons ...

Marcia Kramer joined CBS News New York in 1990 as an investigative and political reporter. Prior to CBS2, she was the City Hall bureau chief at the New York Daily News. The NYPD on Tuesday released ...

The diagnostic manual known as "the Bible of psychiatry" is about to get a major overhaul. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) puts out the tome known in the field as the DSM-5. That stands for ...

A man who long struggled with substance use. Another person who was recently discharged from a city-run hospital. A woman with dementia who wandered out into the cold and never returned. These were ...

With so much focus on physical wellness, mental health can sometimes take a back seat. But emotional well-being is just as important, if not more, to your overall quality of life. Like getting regular ...

The family of 55-year-old Rachel Robinson, who was found dead Sunday, Jan. 18 in the Bibb County jail, says she lived for years with mental illness and should not have been incarcerated at the time of ...

There's more fallout in the wake of the recent NYPD shooting of a 22-year-old knife-wielding man in Queens. NYPD bodycam footage of the shooting was released Tuesday. Wednesday, police released the ...

ANDOVER — Time is of the essence. It will tell. It’s also a thief and a gift and ever-present, moving too fast or too slow depending on circumstances. Bob Frishman takes special care in accounting for ...