If we take off the cloak of reason and instead clothe with that of madness, we may...
Mental Illness
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,...
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...
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...
Symptoms of schizophrenia and related disorders likely arise from a perplexing interplay of social, environmental, psychological, and...
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...
Does living at a higher altitude affect your mental health? VAndreas/shutterstock.com By Dr. Hoehun Ha / 11.05.2017 Assistant...
A pair of identical twins. The one on the right has OCD, while the one on the...
Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. Detail. Bronze. 160-170s. Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo dei Conservatori. By Dr. Robert...
By Toko-pa / 07.18.2017 Learn How Your Sadness can Serve You “My mother slept with an axe...
Stephen Hinshaw explores what it meant to be raised by a father with psychosis—and how that experience...
By Mark DeNicola / 04.28.2017 I remember it like it was yesterday. It was the middle of...
An electroconvulsive therapy machine is seen at an exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London in 2012....
By Lori Deschene / 12.07.2016 How You Can Help the People You Love When They Need It...
By Dr. Jeanne M. Solzer Professor of Psychology University of Nebraska-Kearney 4:2 (2016) Abstract Over the last...
11.22.2016 The Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, China, is one of the most popular suicide spots in...
Our Facebook status updates, ‘likes’ and even photos could help researchers better understand mental health disorders with...
By Jonathan Davis / 10.20.2016 Supporting Loved Ones Who Are Near the Edge We live in a...
Modern education systems use very different techniques to those of indigenous cultures. Can we retain information better...
It’s over a hundred years since the first case of Alzheimer’s disease was diagnosed. Since then we’ve...
By Robin Tran / 09.13.2016 Four Ways to Talk to Someone With Depression I’ve suffered from depression...
Neuroscience has linked mental health disorders and creative minds. Learn how embracing your unique view of the...
A specific gene expression pattern maps out which parts of the brain are most vulnerable to Alzheimer’s...
Scientists have mapped the structural changes that occur in teenagers’ brains as they develop, showing how these...