
The Rise of Evidence-Based Psychiatry
We need to approach the brain as a computational organ, one to be evaluated with measurements and calculations

The Rise of Evidence-Based Psychiatry
We need to approach the brain as a computational organ, one to be evaluated with measurements and calculations

What Are Personality Disorders?
Have you ever wondered if your coworker or estranged family member could possibly be suffering from a clinical personality disorder? Why are they so difficult to deal with?


Brain Imaging Identifies Different Types of Depression
Biological markers could enable tailored therapies that target individual differences in symptoms

Autism Starts Months before Symptoms Appear, Study Shows
Flagging children early offers the possibility of more effective treatment

Psychiatrists Debate Weighing in on Trump's Mental Health
A long-standing code of ethics prohibits diagnosing public figures from afar

How to Prevent Suicide with an Opioid
Fascinating study suggests treating “psychache”

Surging Demand for Mental Health Care Jams College Services
Students may wait weeks for a basic consultation; sometimes even longer to see a psychiatrist

Power of a Meaningful Life
Journalist Emily Esfahani Smith offers a guide for building a better approach to living

How Community Mental Health Care Can Make a Major Difference
The deinstitutionalization of people with mental illness restored their rights, but caused plenty of problems as well

Exit Interview: Presidential Science Advisor John Holdren
Scientific American executive editor Fred Guterl talks with Pres. Obama’s science advisor, John Holdren, about climate science, space travel, the issue of reproducibility in science, the brain initiative and more.

We're Taking You to Bellevue
Pulitzer Prize–winning N.Y.U. historian David Oshinsky, director of the Division of Medical Humanities at the N.Y.U. Langone Medical Center, talks about his latest book, Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America’s Most Storied Hospital.

5 Signs of PTSD
How healing occurs and what you can do to offer support to someone with PTSD