Psychiatry

Recent research has changed the way clinicians treat hoarding as well as refuted popular assumptions about people with excessive clutter

Evidence supports the effectiveness of some cognitive behavioral therapies, but barriers to research make it hard to offer specific recommendations in treating children exposed to traumatic events

We tend to overestimate how rare our names are, perhaps in an effort to preserve a sense of being special. Christie Nicholson reports

Certain painful experiences are more likely to precede depressive episodes than others. And some forms of loss can trigger depression more quickly than previously realized

A recent study finds that we can instill our emotions in others through chemical signals delivered by scent. Christie Nicholson reports

The APA has finished revising the DSM and will publish the manual’s fifth edition in May 2013. Here's what to expect

The same brain regions that perform cognitive tasks may also provide social intelligence, according to a new study

In Health Care for Some, historian Beatrix Hoffman examines how health care rationing has actually been the norm in recent U.S. history, and how that might be starting to shift as more people accept the idea that health care is a right

A recent study shows that images of thin women do in fact alter women's body preferences. Christie Nicholson reports

Michael C. Hall, of TV's Dexter, talks about psychopathy with psychologist Kevin Dutton, author of The Wisdom of Psychopaths

Key findings and events that may emerge in 2013 concern stem cell trials, gene patents, open-access research papers and an updated U.N. climate assessment

We can tune our mind to notice the bright side of ambiguous events, bolstering our resilience to stress and anxiety