Mood-altering medications can soothe an overwhelmed child, and tamp down depression and anxiety. But when misused and poorly managed, some types of these drugs can lead to further harm: Known side ...

The world’s largest professional psychiatry organization is preparing for the day when biological indicators help diagnose ...

Given the high risk of postpartum psychiatric problems, clinicians need to be prepared to appropriately manage the breast-feeding woman who needs psychotropics. These psychiatric researchers examine ...

The study found that more people who start psychotherapy stick with it than in previous years. (simplehappyart/iStockphoto | Getty Images) More American adults with ...

A DNA test could help match patients with psychiatric medications, potentially reducing the long and frustrating ...

To those unaccustomed to psychiatric diagnostic protocols, psychiatry is a science that seems a bit like witchcraft. After all, no scan, test, or bloodwork can diagnose psychiatric conditions. It’s ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Children whose mothers smoked while pregnant were more likely to end up on medications such as antidepressants, stimulants and drugs for addiction, according to a study from ...

“I’m almost unmedicated,” the novelist Diana Spechler cheered in the New York Times earlier this year, in a series of candid, beautifully written posts called “Going Off.” “Each morning, I take just ...

More American adults with mental health needs have been getting talk therapy in recent years, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The study also found that the ...