There is no scientific evidence base for routine use of multiple psychiatric drugs, particularly for children.

In their new chapter Reconsidering ‘Recovery,” Larry Davidson and Kim Jørgensen call for a paradigm shift toward personal ...

Discussing his experience of psychosis, his daily support strategies, and the pros and cons of having a pit bull for ...

A qualitative study of international key informants argues that mental health laws may be inherently discriminatory, making ...

A preprint argues that symptom scores in psychology are not neutral data but active interventions that shape care.

An international set of case studies suggests that ignoring people’s spiritual worlds blinds clinicians to key sources of ...

If you’ve tried to quit and failed, tried again and failed again, or watched someone you love cycle through treatment and relapse, you’ve probably heard that recovery is about accepting powerlessness, ...

Robert Whitaker is a journalist and author of two books about the history of psychiatry, Mad in America and Anatomy of an Epidemic, and the co-author, with Lisa Cosgrove, of Psychiatry Under the ...

Faith in oneself, tempered by adversity, creates an anti-fragile personality. I am living proof of that concept. I grew up in Monona, Wisconsin, in an enriched environment of beautiful parks and ...

A new study links psychiatric drugs, particularly antidepressants, with increased risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease), a rare, incurable neurological ...

Mental-health “epidemics” now dominate public discourse, with soaring rates of anxiety, depression, autism, bipolar disorder and ADHD diagnoses, to name a few. At the same time, the Western world ...

The American Psychiatric Association, VA and other prominent medical associations are lining up in opposition to proposed legislation that would require prescribers of psychiatric medication to obtain ...