psychiatry

Toward A Less Invasive Mode Of Deep Brain Stimulation

In the very far off future, the stimulation coils could be built into a chair or bed in a doctor's office where a patient can receive the therapy -- this...

Growing Burden: Toll Of Major Depression Now Put At $210 Billion A Year

The latest calculation by a Boston economist finds that major depression costs the American economy more than $210 billion per year, and that the last recession hit workers with depression...

Blue/Black Or White/Gold, And Why Care? A Neuropsychiatrist Examines 'The Dress'

Dr. Jon Lieff, a Boston-area neuropsychiatrist, casts some light on the Internet phenom "the dress" -- why it has become such a thing and what it says about the tricky...

On 'Radio Open Source,' An Intimate Look At Decades Of Depression

The writer George Scialabba is extraordinarily open about his decades of depression -- he has even published excerpts from his medical records -- and he shares encouragement about how depression...

Anorexia: Potentially Deadly, Treatable And Still Not Always Covered By Insurance

Despite the awfulness of Anorexia and its potentially fatal outcomes, despite a death rate more than 12 times higher than any other psychiatric syndrome, insurers still try to balk at...

A Miracle Drug For Binge Eating? Not So Fast, Says Therapist

Whether or not Vyvanse is the answer to America’s obesity epidemic, it’s no antidote to the issues fueling binge-eating disorder.

Could Tsarnaev Argue, 'My Immature, Pot-Impaired Brain Made Me Do It'?

A forensic psychiatrist examines the possibility that alleged Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could try to fend off the death penalty by pointing to neuroscience on the immaturity of teen brains...

Beyond Sexual Assault: How One Victim Evolved Into An Activist

Safran says: One in five female students have experienced sexual assault on college campuses, and over 80% of victims develop PTSD.

Persistent Stigma, Skepticism About Mental Illness Causes Real Harm

There's even evidence that doctors themselves don't believe this type of pain is real -- and they sometimes wonder whether depression results from a moral failing.

Mass. Parents Report Early Logjam In Care For Mentally Ill Kids

An advocate for children with mental illness reports a logjam in care for kids with mental illness in Massachusetts, several months earlier than usual. What's going on?

The Bionic Mind: Building Brain Implants To Fight Depression, PTSD

More than 100,000 people have brain implants to treat Parkinson's disease; now, with funding from the military, researchers aim to take brain implant technology to the next level and use...

Inspired By Family Illness, Philanthropist Gives $650 Million For Psychiatric Research

Researchers at the Broad Institute in Cambridge plan to use Ted Stanley's donation to catalog all the genetic variations that contribute to severe psychiatric disorders.

In Search Of 'Computational Psychiatry:' Why Is It A Hot New Field?

A personal quest for understanding: What the heck is computational psychiatry and why does it seem to be such a hot field of neuroscience right now?

'Did You Ever Kill Anyone?' 5 Things Not To Say To A Veteran

In advance of our most patriotic holiday, a brief guide for speaking with post-9/11 veterans -- five things not to say (Do you have PTSD? Really, did you kill anyone?)...

Empathy Lessons: Training Police To Understand People With Mental Illness

To help them handle the growing proportion of police work that involves mental health crises, some Massachusetts officers take advanced training that teaches them to better understand -- and empathize...

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04:44May 23, 2014

When Shrinks Put Mindfulness On The Couch

Does mindfulness -- the deliberate act of paying attention to the present moment and observing your thoughts drift by -- have a place in psychiatric care?

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Apr 25, 2014

Police clear the area at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon as medical workers help injured following the explosions. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Marathon Reflection: How To Raise Secure Children In An Insecure World?

On the anniversary of the Boston marathon bombings, psychiatrists reflect on how to help children cope with and even grow through such stressful events.

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Apr 15, 2014

Some people with OCD wash their hands compulsively. (Wikimedia Commons)

The OCD In Us All: Study Finds Almost Everyone Has Intrusive Thoughts

A study finds that virtually everyone has unwanted, intrusive thoughts typical of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. The difference tends to be how frequently they occur and how much they upset the person...

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Apr 9, 2014

The chips AA members receive to mark sobriety. (Randy Heinitz/Flickr)

In Defense Of 12 Steps: What Science Really Tells Us About Addiction

Two Harvard Medical School professors of psychiatry say that a new book that claims to "debunk" 12-step programs like AA actually misrepresents the evidence.

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Apr 7, 2014

(Life Mental Health/Flickr via Compfight)

What Your Shrink Thinks? Pilot Study Opens Psych Records To Patients

Would you want to see those notes your shrink takes? In a bold new experiment that takes us farther than ever from the old stereotype of psychiatrists as inscrutable, Beth...

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Apr 4, 2014

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Toward A Less Invasive Mode Of Deep Brain Stimulation

Growing Burden: Toll Of Major Depression Now Put At $210 Billion A Year

Blue/Black Or White/Gold, And Why Care? A Neuropsychiatrist Examines 'The Dress'

On 'Radio Open Source,' An Intimate Look At Decades Of Depression

Anorexia: Potentially Deadly, Treatable And Still Not Always Covered By Insurance

A Miracle Drug For Binge Eating? Not So Fast, Says Therapist

Could Tsarnaev Argue, 'My Immature, Pot-Impaired Brain Made Me Do It'?

Beyond Sexual Assault: How One Victim Evolved Into An Activist

Persistent Stigma, Skepticism About Mental Illness Causes Real Harm

Mass. Parents Report Early Logjam In Care For Mentally Ill Kids

The Bionic Mind: Building Brain Implants To Fight Depression, PTSD

Inspired By Family Illness, Philanthropist Gives $650 Million For Psychiatric Research

In Search Of 'Computational Psychiatry:' Why Is It A Hot New Field?

'Did You Ever Kill Anyone?' 5 Things Not To Say To A Veteran

Empathy Lessons: Training Police To Understand People With Mental Illness

When Shrinks Put Mindfulness On The Couch

Marathon Reflection: How To Raise Secure Children In An Insecure World?

The OCD In Us All: Study Finds Almost Everyone Has Intrusive Thoughts

In Defense Of 12 Steps: What Science Really Tells Us About Addiction

What Your Shrink Thinks? Pilot Study Opens Psych Records To Patients