psychiatry
‘Adult-Onset ADHD’: Is It A Real Thing, Or Must It Have Started In Childhood?
New research is fueling questions about the origins and trajectory of the brain disorder.
Commentary: Getting Off Psych Meds Was The 'Hardest Thing' She'd Ever Done
"Every patient is unique, and there is still so much we don’t know," writes Dr. Annie Brewster, after relaying a woman's story navigating the mental health system.
Parents' Depression May Impact Children's Classroom Performance, Study Finds
Specifically, depression in mothers was found to be linked to a 4.5 percent decrease in grades, while paternal depression resulted in a 4 percent decrease.
Panel Recommends Depression Screening For Women During And After Pregnancy
The task force recommends that all adults older than 18 be "routinely screened for depression," including pregnant women and new mothers.
Opinion: When The Doctor Must Choose Between Her Patients And Her Notes
The documentation burden on physicians has grown tremendously over the past several decades and reports have shown it contributes to the high rates of depression and burnout in our profession,...
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Child Psychiatrists Suggest Resolution For 2016: 'Let's Parent Ourselves This Year'
At the end of the day, we’re much more likely to approach something positive than we are to walk away from something negative.
How Trauma Brings Fear, Yes, But Also More Nuanced Reactions
Adaptations such as resilience, the ability to “bounce back” after stressful life events, and post-traumatic growth, the range of positive psychological changes that occur following trauma, have both been shown...
Am I Safe? Psychiatrist's Tips For Talking To Kids About The Paris Attacks
A child psychiatrist offers tips, broken down by age group, for talking with kids about the Paris attacks.
Majority Of Young People With Depression Don't Get Treatment, Report Finds
Only 22 percent of youth with severe depression receive any kind of consistent outpatient treatment, the report found.
Is It Possible To Prevent Suicide? 2 Psychiatrists Map Out The Ways
We don’t treat suicide itself. We treat the causes of suicide.
CDC: One-Third Of Children With ADHD Diagnosed With The Disorder Before Age 6
The median age at which children with ADHD were first diagnosed with the disorder was 7 years old.
Elderly And Drugged: Far More Psych Meds Prescribed To Old Than Young
Are we over-treating the elderly with psychiatric drugs?
Researchers Say They Can Lift Depression In Mice By Activating Happy Memories
The findings, published in Nature, hint at a future in which depression might be treated by manipulating brain cells where memories are stored.
Differing Views On Antidepressants During Pregnancy
Research studies evaluating the risks and benefits of taking antidepressants during pregnancy are mixed. There are documented harms, like an elevated risk of pre-term birth. But there are also the...
Dr. Mark Vonnegut: On Creativity, Being 'Crazy' And Getting Help
The reason the arts and craziness run in families is because crazy people who can sing and dance and paint pictures and write well do a much better job of...
The Upside Of Admission To The Psych Unit: A Doctor's Inside View
Images from “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” fill people’s imaginations, as do fantasies of the “shock therapy” room, which many incorrectly think is a place of punishment and not...
Out Soon: First Official Consumer Guide To 'The Bible Of Psychiatry'
For the first time, the American Psychiatric Association is putting out a consumer-friendly guide to the DSM-5, the thick tome of nearly 1,000 pages that is known as "the bible...
Predicting The Next Mental Health Crisis: Sometimes We Just Can't Know
For all of modern medicine, predictions are surprisingly fraught with difficulty. Doctors are wrong all the time. That’s a fact.
The Medicated Woman: A Pill To Feel Better, Not Squelch Emotions
I am a medicated woman. I take 50mg of Sertraline (the generic form of Zoloft) a day. I don’t take it to be more tolerable to my husband. I don’t...