A New Blood Test Can Predict Whether A Patient Will Have Suicidal Thoughts
Health With more than 90 percent accuracy Researchers now have a more sophisticated understanding of mental health, and many are trying to take that understanding to the next level by predicting human...
View Article'Mr. Robot' Creator Explains What's Really Going On In Elliot's Mind
Entertainment Sam Esmail, creator of the hit summer hacker drama, talks drugs and mental illness in our Q&A The surprise television hit of the summer, and arguably of the year, is USA Network’s...
View ArticleGenetic Tests Don’t Help Treat Mental Illness
Health Conflicts of interest and a lack of regulation make these tests a costly gamble More patients are receiving genetic tests for mental illness to help their doctors identify which medications...
View ArticleNew Views Of The Hallucinating Brain
Health Investigating how LSD might treat psychiatric disorders or find the root of consciousness Now researchers have taken images of brains on LSD, illuminating the parts of the brain most affected...
View ArticleMagic mushrooms help cancer patients deal with depression
Health The hallucinogen helped patients accept death and embrace life The past few years have seen marijuana become more accepted within the medical community as an increasingly useful pain treatment....
View ArticleLSD literally gets stuck inside your brain
Health New research helps explain why the effects of acid last so long in a new study out this week, a group of scientists report that they have identified the key mechanism behind LSD's long acting...
View ArticleCat poop parasites don't actually make you psychotic
Animals Correlation and causation get mixed up again Cat owners can sleep easy tonight. Well, maybe they can’t if their cat likes to wake them up at 4am by gently clawing their cheeks, but they can at...
View ArticleIs my drinking normal, or could I be an alcoholic?
Health Alcoholism rose 49 percent in the last decade. Nearly every group of people in the United States right now is drinking more than they did a decade ago. Here's how to know if your drinking is a...
View Article7 famous psych studies with troubling backstories
Science From stutters to shocks, this research is unlikely to be performed again. Some of your favorite stories from the history of psychology deserve a second look.
View ArticleAnorexia may be more complicated than we thought
Health A genetic study argues for a more nuanced view of the disorder. A new genome-wide association study on anorexia nervosa suggests the psychiatric illness may have physiological components, too.
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