Experts explain why the health and human services secretary's claims should be carefully examined.

Psychiatry often espouses brain disease explanations for mental disorders. Psychiatry pursued brain disease models due to ...

A massive reference book of mental health conditions known as the “bible” of psychiatry is going to change. The fifth and ...

Schreber described his own condition as “unsound nerves,” but he wrote in his book Memoirs of My Nervous Illness that a ...

RFK Jr. announces $100 million federal investment to combat addiction and homelessness through recovery programs, drawing on ...

Mixed anxiety-depressive disorders (MADD) and suicidal thoughts, online bullying, poorer self-esteem, alcohol, cannabis and ...

Panic disorder (PD) is a mental health disorder characterized by recurring panic attacks, episodes of intense fear and ...

One of Gov. Newsom's signature mental health programs was meant to bring treatment to people who refused it. So far, it's helping fewer Californians than many hoped.

What few people, regardless of their politics, ever think to ask is: What is a “mental disorder”? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), “the bible” of the American ...

A home visitation programme has helped about 360 children under the age of four at risk of developmental delays. Read more at ...

State leaders, including Gov. Josh Stein, have placed an increased focus on public safety reforms following high-profile ...

When law enforcement officers respond to calls, they can encounter people who are experiencing a mental health crisis or have an untreated mental health disorder. An encounter between an officer and ...