Deciding to begin psychotherapy to address your mental health concerns or personal struggles requires a significant investment of time, money, and mental energy. So I thought it could be beneficial to ...

A year ago, there was much debate about whether Donald Trump was "mentally fit" to be president. That concept of mental fitness wasn't very clear, but the debate persisted. The American Psychiatric ...

An important study published in JAMA Psychiatry (2025) challenges some of the most popular narratives about ketamine ’s ...

SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health’s plan to build a behavioral health hospital has left folks who work in mental health in the Pioneer Valley with a lot of questions, as well as a sense of reassurance.

More than half of state medical boards ask applicants intrusive questions about their psychiatric history. As a result, some medical professionals are afraid to seek mental health care — even when ...

A guard at the state prison hospital in Vacaville, Calif., prepares an inmate for a lobotomy in 1961. Under superintendent William Keating, a psychiatrist who was convinced that “criminality” was ...