Severe dementia appears strikingly rare in ancient sources, raising questions about how aging, environment, and medical understanding...
Mental Illness
Schizophrenia has long existed in human experience, but its meaning has shifted across time, from divine madness...
Blaming behavior we don’t like on a disease means less accountability, and is bad for those who...
The history of autism is not the story of a timeless condition waiting to be discovered, but...
Decades of research, including large-scale studies published in JAMA and statements from the NIH, have consistently found...
University educated physicians were only a small minority of all medical professionals and healers. Introduction Marquess of...
He has slashed the number of federal researchers focused on addiction. By Brian MannCorrespondent, National DeskNPR State...
How it may alter treatment patterns for patients with anxiety. By Dr. Ashley BradfordAssistant Professor of Public...
When publicly funded facilities are full, some patients go to jail to wait for help. This article...
The “construction” of mental illness in the Middle Ages in the context of the visibility and perceptibility....
Demons appear regularly as causes of mental disorder in saints’ lives and miracle stories. Introduction Among the...
His episodes had increased to the extent that he was hospitalized at McLean Hospital for the Insane...
Momentum to establish a hospital grew again in the 1850s. By Frances M. McMillen and James S....
Quiet revolutionaries who, incarcerated and classified as ‘lunatics’, spoke their truth with embroidery needles. Introduction In 1893,...
Sanatoriums were a hybrid between a hospital and a resort, built to treat tuberculosis in the early...
A dementia diagnosis can trigger many overwhelming emotions, from upset and anger to disbelief or numbness. Also,...
We must look at countries with far fewer gun deaths and mass shootings. As the trial begins...
NYC’s plan has garnered the most attention – and criticism – but several cities are expanding their...
Ancient Greek philosophers were some of the first to advocate for humane and responsible care for individuals...
Treatment of mental illness in ancient Greece was a new and experimental process. Introduction Mental illness was an...
Examining the stunning psychological insights provided by the saga authors. By Dr. Jon Geir HøyerstenProfessor of PsychiatryHaukland...
Record numbers of Americans are seeking mental health care and struggling to get it. Here’s what it’s...
People with a mental illness are overly represented in the criminal justice system – where they aren’t...
“Overall, the first six months has kind of been a proof of concept of what we wanted.”...
The treatment of mental disorders in England during the Elizabethan and Jacobian periods. By Dr. Aleksandar DimitrijevicProfessor...
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...
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...
President Donald Trump called for reform of mental health laws on the heels of two deadly shootings that claimed...