A journal commentary argues that headline-grabbing claims about trauma neurobiology and treatment have eclipsed more modest, well-supported findings. Bessel van der Kolk’s The Body Keeps the Score has ...

“Just write a list. It’s easy for somebody of your calibre. You could write a list right now.” The last words she heard from the psychiatrist’s mouth as she tried to stand and gather her belongings ...

From Mad in the Netherlands: There is criticism of mental health care, particularly the way it labels and perhaps stigmatizes people by using classifications and diagnoses based on the DSM. There is ...

A new article published in Health Expectations finds that people withdrawing from psychiatric drugs often experience difficult withdrawal symptoms, a lack of support, trouble finding tapering ...

The first thing I’ll say about my experiences with healthcare while having an eating disorder is the fact that my eating disorder went undiagnosed for eight years. I think this fact speaks for itself.

John Ioannidis is a Stanford professor, a physician, and one of the most eminent scholars in the world in the field of evidence-based medicine. He is a tenured professor at Stanford and has an ...

Spurred on by narratives that street problems are caused by mental health issues rather than by worsening economic inequities, new bills expanding powers to involuntarily commit people have been ...

When asked about her behavior during a psychiatric assessment for personality disorders, one patient’s response included this description: ”It was completely crazy. I’m not quite that bad anymore.” In ...

South Korea is often celebrated for its remarkable economic growth, technological advancement, and cultural exports like K-pop and Korean dramas. But beneath this shiny surface lies a mounting crisis: ...

Javier Rizo interviews Mick Cooper on the intersection of psychotherapy and social transformation, the pluralistic approach to counseling, and the role of psychology in building a more just society.

"Psychiatry has done an incredible job convincing the public that mental health disorders are real medical diseases. When I say that, people look at me like I’m out of touch. But no, I’m pretty up to ...

As I walked out of the temple, the line of people waiting to see the baba stretched along into the afternoon. Each had their own reasons for being there—reasons that doctors, hospitals, and the ...