Watching New Love as It Sears the Brain - New York Times (Free reg. req'd) New love can look for all the world like mental illness, a blend of mania, ...

Running an online community -- any online community -- requires a level of devotion and dedication that challenges even the most altruistic soul. When I left Mental Health (ne' Help) Net in 1999 to go ...

Two ISMHO members join the ever-growing blogging community. The always intriguing and good for reading psychologist John Suler and online therapist Jassy Timberlake just began their blogs, so I thought this would ...

For some depressed kids, therapy may rival pills Cognitive-behavioral therapy may be just as effective as antidepressants for depressed teenagers in more affluent families, a government scientist reported Thursday. But children with severe depression, regardless of ...

Teen girls with ADHD at higher risk of mental illness Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a serious problem for teenage girls, and those who have it appear to be at much higher risk for mental ...

Sleeping on the job Most of us come up with our best ideas when we are about to nod off, says a study. So is it time the boss put beds in the workplace? With ...

Share now, pay later Many people take pills prescribed for others; they save money but risk their health. Family physician Mary Frank couldn't understand why one elderly patient with high-blood pressure wasn't responding to his medication. ...

Natural-Born Liars -- Why do we lie, and why are we so good at it? Because it works Deception runs like a red thread throughout all of human history. It sustains literature, from Homer's wily ...

11 Steps to a Better Brain It doesn't matter how brainy you are or how much education you've had - you can still improve and expand your mind. Boosting your mental faculties doesn't have to ...

Suicide hotline only open from 9 to 5 A Canadian province will shut its 24-hour suicide hotline and replace it with one that operates only during business hours. Prince Edward Island, a small province on Canada’s ...

$77 billion in lost income is attributed to ADHD annually in USA US household income losses due to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) total nearly $77 billion each year, according to a new analysis of the national ...

Female Drinking and Brain Damage Women Face Greater Memory Loss Than Men Medical research continues to reveal greater health risks for women who drink compared to men. The latest studies show that females, even young women, ...