The Madhouse, by Francisco de Goya. Source: Wikicommons Our understanding of mental illness has changed dramatically in recent times and is continuing to evolve. A look at the past can cast equal ...

Recent acute care for mental health and suicidal ideation are strong predictors of nonfatal suicide events within 180 days of emergency discharge.

Author and UC San Diego Professor of Sociology emeritus Andrew Scull has a new book on the history of psychiatry in America. It's called "Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry's Turbulent Quest to Cure ...

A new review of 26 studies including more than 100,800 women found the risk of developing postpartum depression is nearly double when individuals’ families have a history of psychiatric disorders.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Psychiatric conditions were associated with a younger age at onset of Alzheimer’s disease, and age differences ...

For 47 years from 1915 to 1962, Morningside Psychiatric Hospital in Portland, Oregon, was the sole bidder to provide care for Alaskans who had been ordered committed as mentally ill. For all those ...

About The Study: In this systematic review and meta-analysis comprising 26 studies from five continents totaling more than 100,000 women, the risk of developing postpartum depression was almost twice ...