Jess Matthews was just 21 when she was handed a booklet of psychiatric conditions by a doctor and asked to choose her own diagnosis. She was bright and hardworking, about to graduate with a degree in ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry provides evidence that posttraumatic stress disorder may be linked to altered communication between specific parts of the amygdala and other brain ...

As social media platforms make it easier for millions of people near and far to witness public violence, the harmful effects have far greater reach.

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In 2023, an estimated 11.4% of adult Americans took antidepressants. Here's how the class of medication can help depression symptoms.

RTI International launched a randomized, controlled trial of SGB in 2014 and concluded in 2019 that the treatment "is indeed effective" after monitoring patient health outcomes for eight weeks after ...

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Is your borderline personality disorder creating chaos in your life? It may be helpful to add more external structure.

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You’ve probably heard of PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder. But what about its counterpart, post-traumatic growth?The term was coined in the 90s to describe the positive psychological growth that ...