The treatment of mental disorders in England during the Elizabethan and Jacobian periods. By Dr. Aleksandar DimitrijevicProfessor...
Mental Health
Cases of people classified as mentally ill reveal medieval attitudes to mental illness, disability, and incapacity at...
Modern society has progressed in myriad ways. Smart homes, connected cars, VR gaming, digital money – this...
Parenting is such a journey for most people. Every parent has a responsibility to ensure their children...
Examining how past societies viewed and dealt with mental illness. Prehistoric and Ancient Beliefs Prehistoric cultures often...
Exploring how the ancient philosophers from Plato to late antiquity understood mental illness. Abstract This article outlines...
More than half of Americans leave vacation days leftover at the end of the year. As a...
Why are people so opposed to getting help for their mental illness? When mental health is important,...
President Donald Trump called for reform of mental health laws on the heels of two deadly shootings that claimed...
Rosina Bulwer Lytton, from A Blighted Life, 1880 / Wellcome Collection, Creative Commons The life of Rosina...
Oxycodone-acetaminophen pills. Patrick Sison/AP By Dr. Michael Robinson / 09.29.2017Assistant Professor of PsychologyWesleyan University It’s difficult to explain...
Walters Art Museum, Creative Commons There is a common perception assumes that demonic possession, witchcraft, and superstition...
If we take off the cloak of reason and instead clothe with that of madness, we may...
The theory that education protects against Alzheimer’s disease has been given further weight by new research from...
An illustrated scene at Bedlam from Hogarth’s series of paintings ‘A Rake’s Progress’ / Wikimedia Commons A history...
After his son’s suicide aged 18, Steve Mallen sees the world differently. Along with a growing number...
Although measures of teen and adult happiness dropped during the high unemployment rates of the Great Recession,...
Don’t aim for completion / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Kieran Setiya / 01.26.2018 Professor of Philosophy Massachusetts...
Holloway Sanatorium in 1885 / Wellcome Library By Julia Nurse / 08.07.2016 Collections Researcher and Web Content...
William W Sargant, 1948. Wellcome Library reference: PP/WWS/A/19. Mike Jay delves into the personal papers of one of...
Many reasons that weren’t explored may account for the findings that women who drank coffee decreased their...
Social isolation is linked to increased blood pressure and depression. By Dr. Jed Magen / 02.26.2018 Associate...
By Lalita Kaplish / 03.02.2016 Wed Editor Wellcome Library George Shuttleworth was a psychiatrist and an asylum...
St Lukes Hospital, London: patients case book 1912-1916. Wellcome Library reference: H64/B06/015. What did it mean for a...
By Gilbert Ross / 01.05.2018 Is Loss of Sense-Making Threatening Our Existence? We are living in a...
Symptoms of schizophrenia and related disorders likely arise from a perplexing interplay of social, environmental, psychological, and...
James Stewart and Donna Reed in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’ Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA By Dr. Dan Romer /...
Even Santa can get worn out, which can lead to getting the blues. / Photo by Stokkete   ...
Could understanding canine compulsions help find new treatments for people with obsessive–compulsive disorders too? By Shayla Love /...
Out of the blue, Vanessa Potter lost her sight. As she recovered, her senses mingled – hearing and touch...