Antidepressants Don’t Correct A Chemical Imbalance. How, Then, Do They Work?
Here’s how psychiatrists like me think about the most promising hypotheses.
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Here’s how psychiatrists like me think about the most promising hypotheses.
Read MoreMarci Webber was institutionalized after being acquitted by reason of insanity for killing her 4-year-old daughter. For years she has said she is cured and should be freed.
Read MoreExperts are reaching consensus on what the condition is. Now they’re debating how best to treat it.
Read MoreExperts are reaching consensus on what the condition is. Now they’re debating how best to treat it.
Read MoreIf we make screens the villain, then we let the people who control children’s health care — Congress, insurers and health systems — off the hook for their failures.
Read MoreMore than half of people who qualify for one diagnosis also qualify for another during their lifetime.
Read MoreAssisted dying accounts for more than 5 percent of deaths in Canada.
Read MoreEvidence suggests that it really affects what psychiatrists like me call sustained engagement — an important difference in understanding how to think about the condition.
Read MoreWhat’s missing in the national conversation on mental health medication.
Read MoreExperts say that after childbirth, intrusive thoughts are common and mostly benign. Lindsay Clancy’s story provides a disturbing exception.
Read MoreEven as a jury failed to reach a verdict in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, her future is unlikely to include freedom, at least for a long time. But Americans have been divided over the goal of her confinement.
Read MoreRequests for advice from women with maternal mental health conditions, as well as health providers who care for them, have surged.
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