In my experience, most medical students enjoy learning about mental illness and talking to mentally ill people, who often have a refreshing knack for saying things exactly how they are. In a fit of ...

I recently experienced the odd coincidence of receiving two separate emails on the same morning each asking almost the very same question- how can I remain so high on psychiatry while at the same time ...

A global research team co-led by VCU expert Kenneth Kendler has produced the most comprehensive genetic map so far, identifying five families of disorders that show a high degree of overlap. An intern ...

An international collective of researchers is delivering new insights into why having multiple psychiatric disorders is the ...

A youth baseball umpire gets punched in the face by an upset mother, a worker gets a drink thrown in her face over a 25-cent overcharge, and a 5-year-old gets killed when the passenger in another ...

A new study from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) shows 14 psychiatric disorders share genetic roots, which can explain ...

Unlike cardiology and most other fields of medicine, psychiatry still hasn't developed discrete, biological tests for diagnosing illnesses of the... Why Is Psychiatry's New Manual So Much Like The Old ...

With increasing numbers of patients presenting at our nation’s already oversubscribed emergency departments (EDs) for mental healthcare, the Psychiatric Times recently posed a pointed question: Just ...