Despite decades of refinement to diagnostic manuals, questions persist about the consistency and scientific basis of ...

I never made the direct connection between my gut and how anxiety created physical problems! Why did not one single medical ...

From CBC News. "Elements of British Columbia's involuntary care regime that allow forced psychiatric treatment, regardless of a person's capacity to make ...

This week Mad in America explores three new studies related to increasing psychiatric stimulant use. The first finds that psychiatric drug use among US Evidence from Canada, Australia, and the United ...

Behaviorism and Mental Health: Philip Hickey is a retired psychologist. He has worked in prisons (UK and US), addiction units, community mental health centers, nursing homes, and in private practice.

On March 25, the World Health Organization published a 44-page document, Guidance on Mental Health Policy and Strategic Action Plans, that reflects the ongoing work of global activists who have fought ...

Dispatches From the Road: A filmmaker and former psychotherapist tells about making his three documentaries about recovery from "madness," and about meeting with peer groups and directors of ...

Empathy is an integral part of human socialization. It’s how we show others that we understand and care about their emotional state. But what happens if the medications you’re taking diminish that ...

Despite VHA’s $571 million suicide prevention budget, veterans are dying by suicide at alarmingly high rates. Advocates want answers and accountability. Participants traveled from across the US and ...

Cult dynamics operate on a precise psychological blueprint: the monopolization of power and control. By deliberately isolating the individual, enforcing rigid binaries, and pathologizing any form of ...