Spouse Most Likely Source of Elder Abuse Elderly people may be at increased risk of abuse if they're cared for by a spouse, especially if the spouse is coping with his or her own physical ...

Study: Caesarians Do Not Stop Postnatal Depression Having a planned caesarian section does not reduce a woman's risk of suffering from postnatal depression, doctors said Friday. New mothers are as likely to experience depression after ...

I'm pleased to announce the publication of the March 2005 issue of The Psych Central Report. It covers articles about ending the patient-therapist relationship, strategies for beating procrastination, and attachment relationships, as well as ...

What Is eHealth: A Systematic Review of Published Definitions The term eHealth is widely used by many individuals, academic institutions, professional bodies, and funding organizations. It has become an accepted neologism despite the lack of ...

Bipolar Disorder More Common Among Urban Poor -Study Bipolar disorder may often go undiagnosed and untreated in the urban poor, with one in 10 found to have the mental illness in a study of ...

Yale Researchers to Study Soldiers, Stress Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division will help Yale University researchers who are studying how prolonged periods of stress affect the brain. The study will help scientists understand ...

Ongoing Care Eases Depression, Saves Money Taking a continuous-care approach to treating people with depression leads to improved outcomes and saves on costs, according to a new report. In fact, Dr. Kathryn Rost from the University ...

A Host of Anxiety Drugs, Begat by Valium (NY Times, free reg. req'd) Among famous inventors, Leo H. Sternbach may not immediately leap to mind. But this May in Akron, Ohio, Dr. Sternbach, who is 96, ...

'Gonzo' Godfather Hunter S. Thompson Kills Himself Hunter S. Thompson, a renegade journalist whose "gonzo" style threw out any pretense at objectivity and established the hard-living writer as a counter-culture icon, fatally shot himself at ...

Mental Health Courts Help Afflicted When she was ordered to prison for a methamphetamine conviction, the sentencing judge -- Moss -- offered her an alternative. If Reese would successfully complete mental health court, he said, ...

Report Questions Stress Disorder Efforts Congressional investigators are questioning whether the Veterans Affairs Department can adequately help troops who may return from Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder. The agency said that so far it ...

Breakthrough in study of schizophrenia announced Australian researchers announced a breakthrough in the search for the cause of schizophrenia, linking the impaired thought processes involved with the disorder to thinning grey matter in the brain. Vaughan ...