Mental Health

Smartphone apps claim to help conditions from addiction to schizophrenia, but few have been thoroughly tested

Researchers have cultured a network of neurons responsible for processing higher-level mental functions

Author Maia Szalavitz rebrands addiction as a learning disorder, exploring new approaches to tolerance, prevention and treatment 

Behaviors that are considered red flags in the U.S. and Western Europe are considered normal, even desirable, in other parts of the world

Toxoplasmosis may alter brain chemistry in people exhibiting bouts of explosive anger

Psychiatrists are looking to sophisticated computational tools that may be able to disentangle the intricacies of mental illness and improve treatment decisions

A controversial study has suggested that the neurodegenerative disease might be transferred from one person to another. Now scientists are racing to find out whether that is true

A new study finds that refugees in Sweden have a higher risk than other immigrants there, although the precise reasons are unclear

A rigorous survey raises serious questions

We treat depression by trying different drugs until we find one that works—a highly imprecise approach to treating the most sophisticated of organs, the brain

Usually, a celebrity checking into a treatment facility equals scandal. But Hayden Panettiere’s story is anything but. Here are eight symptoms to watch for and four myths, busted

By analyzing the language of tweets and Facebook posts, scientists can increasingly make communitywide health forecasts and even individual diagnoses