Background: There is little if any research on the explicit contents delivered by patients in the first minutes of a psychiatric interview. Methods: In order to study the impact of the first minutes ...

To say that the topic of anti-psychiatry is a contentious issue would be an understatement. For me personally—and for other evidence-based health care advocates with whom I am acquainted—discussing it ...

A new Genomic Press interview explores how one scientist built an entirely new field by studying the molecular machinery of ...

In the past few months, the perennial controversy over psychiatric drug use has been growing considerably more heated. A January study showed a negligible difference between antidepressants and ...

Cecilia Flores (left) is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University (Montreal, Canada), where she runs a lab focused on the adolescent brain and the mechanisms underlying its ...

People with mental illness have decreased life expectancy. This often results from chronic illnesses associated with aging, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer. Is there a ...