psychiatry
Parents Need to Do More For Teens With Depression
If you don't let your kid get treated for mental health issues, is that neglect?
A Psychiatrist Told Us Why Her Patient Killed Her Children
In 2016, Carol Coronado was sentenced to three life prison terms for the murder of her three daughters.
Life Inside Victoria's 19th-Century 'Lunatic' Asylums
"It would not have been a particularly enjoyable place to find yourself."
The Long, Strange History of Psychotropic Drugs in America
From insane asylums to Lithium and Prozac to a future that may be increasingly about mushrooms and LSD.
An Anxious Person’s Guide to Making the Holidays Bearable
An expert's tips for how to get through all the crushing merriment that lies ahead.
Finding Therapy Isn’t Easy for Queer and Trans People of Color
Therapy is an overwhelmingly white profession, one that can be insensitive to the needs of those with intersectional identities. This is how QTPOC find therapy that helps, rather than hurts.
What It's Like to be Held in a Psych Ward Against Your Will
I couldn’t leave until they told me I could. That loss of control felt intensely threatening.
My Panic Attack Was a Symptom of a Heart Condition
Women are treated less aggressively in their initial encounters at the hospital until they 'prove that they're as sick as male patients.'
The Manual We Use to Diagnose Mental Illness Is Unreliable and Confusing
“Concentration difficulty” appears as a symptom of depression, anxiety, ADHD, and PTSD.
Nearly Half of People With Depression Also Have Anxiety
The disorders are co-dependent roommates in your brain.