Mental Health

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

Critics have portrayed ECT as a form of medical abuse. Yet many psychiatrists, and more importantly, patients, consider it to be safe and effective. Few medical treatments have such disparate images

The science on that question is mixed, but for me it feels more like a form of meditation

This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen examines how ADHD often manifests in girls and women

Like “self love” or “inner child,” the term “codependent” smacks of pop psychology psychobabble. To make matters worse, it’s become shorthand for a whole host of unhealthy behaviors. But what does it really mean? And does it describe your relationship?

A new study suggests a link between hormonal contraceptives and depression.  Which methods were more likely to cause these mood changes? And what do you need to know before you make any decisions about your contraceptive health?

Abuse of cocaine, alcohol and pills was the patient’s obvious problem, but at its root was undiagnosed ADHD

Growing up in a poor family can leave a mark on the developing brain. Understanding how and why has important implications for educators and society

For many people with depression, serious exercise may be the best, cheapest and safest treatment

Researchers see some promise in ibogaine, a well-known hallucinogen, and related compounds

A look inside the January/February issue of Scientific American Mind