The late Stephen “Wolf” Cummings was committed to a psychiatric institution known as the Hawthorne Center outside of Detroit before he even hit his teenage years. It was an anguished period of his ...

A new Canadian study showing a steady increase in youth self-harm highlights the need for more mental health support and ...

The "too articulate" people we’re now told "invaded" autism were there from the very start. The person who first described ...

For decades, one of the greatest challenges to treating neurological disorders like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is that its symptoms often resemble those of several other conditions.

As a mental health chaplain in New York, I help people leave homelessness. But mental illness, bureaucracy and a fragile system often pull them back ...

The clinical intersection of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and psychosis in young people constitutes one of the most complex ...

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey is urging the California Legislature to amend the Mental Health Diversion (MHD) law to restrict eligibility and expand court discretion. Assembly Bill 46, ...

It's well known that alcohol consumption is an age-old method for coping with stress. But recent research led by the ...

The department has found no history of mental illness for Lara-Gallegos, though Garcia confirmed he appeared to be going through a crisis.

“It is not a crime to experience a mental health crisis, and the City should not respond by sending armed police to mental ...

March is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate the contributions, leadership and resilience of women in every corner of ...

Structured, court-ordered treatment is the right course of action for some brain disorder patients. In such cases, ideology ...