psychiatry
Autism is soaring due to the 'medicalization of misbehavior'
An autism diagnosis is the path of least resistance when teachers and doctors are confronted with a child's bad behavior — and once parents buy in, they don’t see it...
Yale psychiatrist urges MSNBC viewers to shun Trump-voting family members over the holidays
Yale University child psychiatry fellow Dr. Amanda Calhoun dug into the issue of the post-election crises with MSNBC’s Joy Reid.
I'm a child psychiatrist — this is the most common parenting mistake I see
She's crying foul!
I'm a psychiatrist — here are 4 easy ways to manage anxiety
Don't let these anti-anxiety tips slip your mind.
I'm a psychiatrist — here's how to quickly break a panic attack
"The first thing is the most important thing," said Dr. Daniel Amen, a double board-certified psychiatrist and brain-imaging researcher in California.
I'm a psychiatrist — here's an easy way to stop being a people pleaser
Even eager beavers can learn not to give a dam.
My severe psychosis made me think I was a Viking princess -- and pregnant
A mom told how her severe psychosis made her think she was a pregnant Viking princess and strangers were hacking her phone.
Gold Bar Sen. Bob Menendez hires shrink who testified for double child murderer ahead of corruption trial
The New Jersey Democrat is going on trial in May accused of selling his power for cash and gold. His defense is paying for shrink Karen Rosenbaum.
'Slender Man' stabber who nearly killed sixth-grade classmate in 2014 won't be released from mental institution, judge rules
A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 said she stabbed a sixth-grade classmate nearly to death to please the online horror character Slender Man is not a threat to the...
Here's the secret to becoming 'mentally strong', according to a psychiatrist
People-pleasing can be a toxic way to move through life. Exhaustively going above and beyond for friends, family and folks at work — often to one’s detriment — in the...
Are you sleeping with a psychopath? An expert reveals the warning signs — and how to avoid 'negative encounters'
Good news, though — they probably won't kill you.
North Carolina child psychiatrist hit with 40 years for filming minors, using AI to make child porn
"That person is a doctor entrusted to help children through difficult mental health situations, it is inconceivable."
Adderall ODs and errors mean it's time to rethink kids' medical issues
Let’s give amphetamines to children, said the shrinks. What could go wrong? A lot, it turns out: 2021 saw some 7,600 poison-control calls driven by medication errors around ADHD drugs...
PTSD may be cured by 'ecstasy' therapy: breakthrough MDMA study
If approved, MDMA "would be the first novel treatment for PTSD in over two decades,” said one expert. "PTSD patients can feel some hope."
People who trust their gut are suckers for 'bulls--t' conspiracy theories: scientists
For many people, what they feel is true must be reality, simply because they feel it is.
Dear Abby: My husband hired a prostitute
Dear Abby weighs in on husbands hiring prostitutes, retirement, and depression.
Psychologist speaks out on man who spent $14K to transform himself into a collie
"The therians we have studied seem like pretty regular folks in other regards, based on the ones I have known,” one expert said.
NY State Psychiatric Institute suspends human research trials after Parkinson's study suicide
All human research trials have been suspended as federal regulators probe whether safety protocols were violated after a participant in a Parkinson's drug study killed himself.
Man found beheaded inside Japanese 'love hotel' in red light district, doctor and family arrested
Psychiatrist Osamu Tamura, 59, and his daughter Runa, 29, and wife Hiroko, 60, were arrested this week.
Top psychiatrist accused of keeping patients against their will in massive Medicaid scam
"I never even saw his face,” mom of three Shannon Williams, 52, told NBC News of her "nightmare" at feeling like she "was in a prison" for five days.